Dublin Core
Title
Chaucer’s Portrait Gallery
Subject
Chaucer, Englishness, Great poets, companionship, English, novel, novels, literature, literary device
Description
G.H. suggests that the English novel is indebted to Chaucer’s literary device of throwing together people from assorted social grades to interact. The writer notes that few people read Chaucer for pleasure but if they did master Middle English they would agree that Chaucer was the greatest depicter of social types that English literature has produced. Chaucer’s interest in human nature is his most important quality. Humour and humanity are also characteristics of Englishness, the author remarks. The article finishes with a quote from Dryden: ‘Here is God’s plenty.’ [HH]
Creator
G.H.
Source
National Library of Australia
Publisher
The Argus
Date
21 September 1940
Rights
Public Domain
Format
Newspaper Article
Language
English
Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Newspaper Article