Similes in the Works of Chaucer.
- Author / Editor
- Faget, Mary Ignatius.
Similes in the Works of Chaucer.
- Published
- Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Ottawa, 1964. Fully accessible via https://ruor.uottawa.ca/items/74efbb56-2f85-40b4-9dc6-fa31ff8976f0 (accessed April 21, 2026).
- Physical Description
- viii, 276 pp.
- Description
- Assesses Chaucer's uses of various kinds of similes and similetic comparisons--Homeric, epic similes; biblical "similitudes"; proverbial comparisons, Ovidian and Dantean comparisons; and more--demonstrating his variety, borrowings, and adaptations. Assesses Chaucer's techniques across various genres throughout his corpus, both poetry and prose.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Style and Versification
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations