Chaucer's use of proverbs--an aspect of Chaucer's convention and invention

Author / Editor
Nakao, Yoshiyuki.

Title
Chaucer's use of proverbs--an aspect of Chaucer's convention and invention

Published
Phoenix 15 (1979): 3-20. [Graduate School of English Philology and Literature, Faculty of Letters, Hiroshima University].

Description
Connotations of proverbs depend on their contexts--addresser, addressee, situation, purpose, etc. Chaucer's maturity in art is particularly discernible in his "misapplication" of them. This deviant use provides him with ample linguistic resources to show his irony and humor.

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification.