Chaucer's 'Auctoritee,' 'Maystrye,' and 'Soveraynetee': Rhetorical Control as Unifying Element in 'The Canterbury Tales'

Author / Editor
Bay, Marjorie Caddell.

Title
Chaucer's 'Auctoritee,' 'Maystrye,' and 'Soveraynetee': Rhetorical Control as Unifying Element in 'The Canterbury Tales'

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 49 (1988): 1460A.

Description
This triad, repeated through the romances and the Marriage Group, and the unifying figure of the Host, in both GP and the links, demonstrate Chaucer's command of rhetoric and his originality.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.
Language and Word Studies.