Chaucer's Early Translations from French: The Art of Creative Transformation

Author / Editor
Weiss, Alexander.

Title
Chaucer's Early Translations from French: The Art of Creative Transformation

Published
Patricia W. Cummins, Patrick W. Connor, and Charles W. Connell, eds. Literary and Historical Perspectives of the Middle Ages: Proceedings of the 1981 SEMA Meeting (Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 1982), pp. 174-82.

Description
The success of Chaucer's early translations from French cannot be attributed solely to his knack for finding the "mot juste" or to his "good ear" for English idiom. He drew on the native English poetic tradition for visual concreteness and meaningful rhythms.

Alternative Title
Literary and Historical Perspectives of the Middle Ages: Proceedings of the 1981 SEMA Meeting.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies.