Rival Wisdoms: Reading Proverbs in the Canterbury Tales by Nancy Mason Bradbury

Rival Wisdoms: Reading Proverbs in the Canterbury Tales

Nancy Mason Bradbury

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In order to understand Chaucer's use of proverbs and their reception by premodern readers, we must set aside post-Romantic prejudices against such sayings as prosaic and unoriginal. The premodern focus on proverbs conditioned the literary culture ...

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