Philosophical Chaucer; the "Book of the Duchess" as a philosophical vision - the argument of form; the "House of Fame" - truth claims, logic games; choice without preference, preference without choice in the "Parliament of Fowls"; the "Legend of Good Women" and the poetics of impossibility; intersections and implications.
Lynch's welcome book provides a careful reading of philosophical
components in Chaucer... [and] offers its reader a Chaucer whose
ideas stand up to close examination within the discourse of
philosophy. SPECULUM A book of much value to students of the
dream-poems.
*MEDIUM AEVUM*
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