Medieval Grammatical Theory and Chaucer's 'House of Fame'

Author / Editor
Irvine, Martin.

Title
Medieval Grammatical Theory and Chaucer's 'House of Fame'

Published
Speculum 60 (1985): 850-66.

Description
In HF, Chaucer makes parodic use of traditional topics of the "artes grammaticae," especially in the Eagle's explanation of the propagation of sound and in Chaucer's treatment of the reliability and importance of "auctores."

Chaucer Subjects
House of Fame.