Other Senses of Ending
- Author / Editor
- Crampton, Georgia Ronan.
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.