Literary Influence in Medieval Literature: Chaucer and the 'Roman de la Rose'

Author / Editor
Wright, Steven Alan.

Title
Literary Influence in Medieval Literature: Chaucer and the 'Roman de la Rose'

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 47 (1987): 4400A.

Description
Medieval literary influence should be understood through borrowing not only of phrasing but also of literary devices. Chaucer's grasp of the totality of Jean de Meun's technique pervades Chaucer's handling of allegorical conventions.

Chaucer Subjects
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.