CONTENTS:

I. CHAUCER AND THE MODERN MIND
The Criticism of Chaucer in the Twentieth Century

II. CHAUCER AND THE MEDIEVAL MIND
Chaucer the Man
Chaucer’s Reading
Chaucer and Patristic Exegesis
Chaucer’s Prosody: A Plea for a Reliable Text

III. ASPECTS OF CHAUCER’S ART
Some Reflections on Chaucer’s "Art Poetical"
Chaucer’s Valentine: "The Parlement of Foules"
"Troilus and Criseyde": Poem of Contingency
Hunter and Prey: Functional Imagery in "The Friar’s Tale"
Chaucer and Shakespeare