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A Cathedral Of Words: The Canterbury Tales As Gothic Masterpiece

A Cathedral of Words: The Canterbury Tales as Gothic Masterpiece
25 April 1998
Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is often considered one of the supreme masterpieces of English literature, and rightly so. Only Shakespeare would rival Chaucer's insight into humanity and craftsmanship with language. It's not as common, though, for a typical reader to see in Chaucer's immense poem the form, structure, and artistry of Gothic art and architecture. I myself, knowing and admiring Gothic architecture, and being aware of Chaucer's time and setting, sensed much of the same tension and motion in the Tales as I have sensed in Gothic ...

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