The Courtly Rhetoric of Chaucer's Advisory

Author / Editor
Lampe, David.

Title
The Courtly Rhetoric of Chaucer's Advisory

Published
Reading Medieval Studies 9 (1983): 70-83.

Description
Deschamps had in mind Chaucer's short lyrics--Truth, Gent, Sted, Wom Nob--when he praised him in the ballads. These poems constitute Chaucer's advisory poetry whose subjects is moral philosophy stated in polished language and in French forms.

Chaucer Subjects
Lyrics and Short Poems.