The Clerkly Maker: Langland's Poetic Art

Author / Editor
Schmidt, A. V. C.

Title
The Clerkly Maker: Langland's Poetic Art

Published
Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1987.

Description
Schmidt considers Langland's "attitude to the moral and artistic demands of his poem," his versecraft, his use of medieval Latin quotations and works on the art of poetry, and his diction, puns, and rhetorical art. Contains brief references to Chaucer.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.