The Theory and Practice of Poetic Elision from Chaucer to Milton with Special Emphasis on Milton.
- Author / Editor
- Evans, Robert Owen.
The Theory and Practice of Poetic Elision from Chaucer to Milton with Special Emphasis on Milton.
- Published
- Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Florida, 1954. Dissertation Abstracts International A81.01E. Fully accessible via ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (accessed May 7, 2026).
- Physical Description
- xvi, 448 pp.
- Description
- Argues that the "the bulk of Milton's system of elision was a part of the traditional mechanics of English syllabic verse," detailing the tradition that precedes Milton and Milton's own practices. Chapter 2 analyzes Chaucer's practices in elision, with attention to textual and morphological difficulties in pursuing such analysis (especially uncertainty about final -e), maintaining that Chaucer's practice was "almost certainly the exemplar for . . , later development." Chapter 3 addresses the practices of the fifteenth-century Chaucerians. Includes an appendix on "Chaucer's Truncated Iambic Line."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Style and Versification
Chaaucer's Influence and Lateer Allusion
Language and Word Studies