Chaucer and the French Influence

Author / Editor
Fisher, John H.

Title
Chaucer and the French Influence

Published
Donald M. Rose, ed. New Perspectives in Chaucer Criticism (Norman Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1981), pp. 177-91.

Description
In his early poetry Chaucer tried to use a purely native English vocabulary; his later works show a more comfortable use of the cultural vocabulary with which he and his bilingual audience were familiar.

Alternative Title
New Perspectives in Chaucer Criticism.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.