Other Senses of Ending

Author / Editor
Crampton, Georgia Ronan.

Title
Other Senses of Ending

Published
David A. Richardson, ed. Spenser: Classical, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern (Cleveland State University, 1977), pp. 132-34. [Microfiche available from the Department of English.]

Description
Spenser and Chaucer both composed subtle, complex closures, spreading out before the audience several endings, like sections of a fan. Many medieval poems ended almost interchangeably in a formulaic prayer for salvation.

Contributor
Richardson, David A., ed.

Alternative Title
Spenser: Classical, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.