Chaucer on Interpretation enters the current dialogue about whether
modern literary theory can illuminate medieval works. Dr Fester
argues that the insights of modern phenomenological hermeneutics
can enrich our understanding of Chaucer and shows that
interpretation is one of the central concerns of his poems. The
book demonstrates that the hermeneutical circle is a model for the
interdependent relationship between self and other, between
characters, between the poet and his literary sources and between a
poem and its readers. Ferster shows how Chaucer examines different
aspects and consequences of the hermeneutical circle and its
implications for personal identity, political power and literary
meaning. Taking interpretation as a theme, she gives readings of
the Knight's Tale, the Parliament of Fowls, the Clerk's Tale, the
Wife of Bath and the narrative frame of the Canterbury Tales.
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