GEOFFREY SCOTT AND ARCHITECTURAL MODERNISM 2 3 Introduction In Geoffrey Scott’s book The Architecture of Humanism (1914) formulates a series of arguments against a number of theoretical positions. Scott identifies these theoretical positions as fallacies underlying architectural theory which is not proper to architecture. The four types of fallacy he distinguishes are the ‘Romantic Fallacy’‚ the ‘Mechanical Fallacy’‚ the ‘Ethical Fallacy’ and the ‘Biological Fallacy’. This paper is to
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Corruption of the Church‚ Minus One Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales tells of a pilgrimage with an interesting twist. The Canterbury Tales gives the reader a different take on the lifestyles of the people living in the late fourteenth century. The journey begins and ends in the Tabard Inn near London‚ on the road to Canterbury. Each of the twenty-nine pilgrims divulged their life stories‚ hoping to win a prize while journeying on to Canterbury‚ the final destination to visit the martyr
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gained wide popularity. However‚ greatly influenced by a large number of contributions from poets‚ playwrights‚ novelists and writers of various prose forms of the English language. CHAUCER One of the earliest people to influence the language was Geoffrey Chaucer born in 1342 who was considered a genius. His influence was considerable as he brought a tremendous variety of words in his work. He borrowed words
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clerk of the king’s works (138991). The official date of Chaucer’s death is Oct. 25‚ 1400. He was buried in Westminster Abbey. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0857256.html Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London‚ the son of a successful wine merchant. After probably spending many of his childhood days in London’s Vintry‚ his father did not send him to apprenticeship school‚ but
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John Gower‚ (born 1330?—died 1408‚ London?)‚ medieval English poet in the tradition of courtly love and moral allegory‚ whose reputation once matched that of his contemporary and friend Geoffrey Chaucer‚ and who strongly influenced the writing of other poets of his day. After the 16th century his popularity waned‚ and interest in him did not revive until the middle of the 20th century. It is thought from Gower’s language that he was of Kentish origin‚ though his family may have come from Yorkshire
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The Pardoner’s Tale and The Wife of Bath’s Tale‚ both are interesting story by Geoffrey Chaucer. Both tales utilizes irony to showcase problems present within the Medieval era and relate to today‚ such as rape and thievery to the lifelong lessons such as‚ Greed is the root of all evils and content featuring woman’s dominance‚ rights‚ and morality in general. In the Pardoner’s Tale‚ Chaucer writes about a man who preaches to his audience for money. The pardoner speaks of three men that lost their
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Cited: Chaucer‚ Geoffrey. "The Canterbury Tales". The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Ed. F.N. Robinson. Cambridge: Riverside Press‚ 1933. 19-314. Huppe‚ Bernard F. A Reading of the Canterbury Tales. Albany: State University of New York‚ 1964. Robertson‚ D.W. (1962). "Concepts of Pilgrimage and
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English 3318 2 December 2013 The Teller and the Tale Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is a collection of tales from a pilgrimage of travelers. The Host is an innkeeper who asked of these travelers to tell stories along the way to pass the time and whoever could tell the best their meal would be taken care of. The General Prologue is a description of these travelers. The tales these pilgrims provide to the rest of the group fit with the type of person they are described as. The Knight‚ the
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Geoffrey Chaucer was a learned poet remarkably ahead of his time. In breaching the fragile boundaries of society‚ he was able to create authentic characters whose traits and appearances portrayed more of life’s aspects than ever before. From a piece of his unfinished work‚ The Canterbury Tales: The Prologue‚ he molds for the reader a figure of significant importance during an age ruled by Christianity. The religious devotion expected of a church official and temptations of a secular life meld
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promises to bear him to the House of Fame as a reward from Jupiter himself. Once there‚ Geoffrey is told that he will “here…mo wonder thynges…and of loves folk moo tydynges‚ both soothe sawes and lesinges‚ and moo loves new begonne‚ and longe yserved loves wonne‚ and moo loves casuelly (Chaucer‚ Lines 672-679).” This excerpt is meant to outline what is to be expected from Chaucer and his text. However‚ when Geoffrey finally arrives at the House of Fame in the opening of Book III‚ he learns less about
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