Chaucer's 'Tale of Melibee' as an Example of the 'Style clergial'

Author / Editor
Bornstein, Diane.

Title
Chaucer's 'Tale of Melibee' as an Example of the 'Style clergial'

Published
Chaucer Review 12 (1978): 236-54.

Description
In Mel Chaucer's idiomatic translation from the French of Renaud de Louens skillfully imitates and elaborates the "style clergial," especially in its use of introductory phrases, doublets, subordinate clauses, and trailing sentence structures.

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification.
Tale of Melibee.