Chaucer's Repetends from the General Prologue of 'The Canterbury Tales'
- Author / Editor
- Lancashire, Ian.
Chaucer's Repetends from the General Prologue of 'The Canterbury Tales'
- Published
- Robert Taylor, James F. Burke, Patricia J. Eberle, Ian Lancashire, and Brian S. Merrilees, eds. The Centre and Its Compass: Studies in Medieval Literature in Honor of Professor John Leyerle (Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, 1993), pp. 315-65.
- Description
- Lancashire uses computer-assisted analysis to tabulate recurring words and phrases in Chaucer's writings. The frequency and patterns of repeated words and their collocations identify Chaucer's preoccupations, distinctive features of his writing and methods of composition, and evidence for the chronology of his works.
- Alternative Title
- The Centre and Its Compass: Studies in Medieval Literature in Honor of Professor John Leyerle.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.
- General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.