Aspects of Chaucer's Adjectives of Hue

Author / Editor
Biggam, C. P.

Title
Aspects of Chaucer's Adjectives of Hue

Published
Chaucer Review 28 (1993): 41-53.

Description
Chaucer employed color adjectives more extensively than did his contemporaries. He preferred basic colors and used them most in connection with human beings. Chaucer's most "colorful" poem is KnT, followed by Rom and GP. Often, his colors are used symbolically.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.