The 'Kynge of Hap' and Haphazardness: The Meanings of 'hap' in the Works of Chaucer, Malory, and the 'Patience' Poet
- Author / Editor
- Everhart, Deborah Ann.
The 'Kynge of Hap' and Haphazardness: The Meanings of 'hap' in the Works of Chaucer, Malory, and the 'Patience' Poet
- Published
- Dissertation Abstracts International 53 (1993): 3206A-7A.
- Description
- Middle English "hap" develops a network of meanings among texts--from providential in "Patience"; to Chaucer's Boethian applications in TC; to the varied ill luck, astrological destiny, and providence of Malory--thus demonstrating the impossibility of setting on simple, clearly categorizable menaings.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.
- Troilus and Criseyde.