Chaucer's Meter: The Evidence of the Manuscripts
- Author / Editor
- Pearsall, Derek.
Chaucer's Meter: The Evidence of the Manuscripts
- Published
- Tim William Machan, ed. Medieval Literature: Texts and Interpretation. Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies,no. 79. (Binghamton, N.Y.: Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, 1991), pp. 41-57.
- Description
- Most Chaucer criticism fails to mention that Chaucer's poetry is written in verse. The way we read that verse and respond to its musicality, whether in our heads or when reading aloud, is an important part of our interpretation of and response to the pentameter couplets of CT.
- Alternative Title
- Medieval Literature: Texts and Interpretation.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Style and Versification.