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ChauceronInterpretationentersthecurrentdialogueaboutwhethermodernliterarytheorycanilluminatemedievalworks.DrFesterarguesthattheinsightsofmodernphenomenologicalhermeneuticscanenrichourunderstandingofChaucerandshowsthatinterpretationisoneofthecentralconcernsofhispoems.Thebookdemonstratesthatthehermeneuticalcircleisamodelfortheinterdependentrelationshipbetweenselfandother,betweencharacters,betweenthepoetandhisliterarysourcesandbetweenapoemanditsreaders.FerstershowshowChaucerexaminesdifferentaspectsandconsequencesofthehermeneuticalcircleanditsimplicationsforpersonalidentity,politicalpowerandliterarymeaning.Takinginterpretationasatheme,shegivesreadingsoftheKnight'sTale,theParliamentofFowls,theClerk'sTale,theWifeofBathandthenarrativeframeoftheCanterburyTales.