The French Tradition and the Literature of Medieval England
- Author / Editor
- Calin, William.
The French Tradition and the Literature of Medieval England
- Published
- Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994.
- Physical Description
- xvi, 587 pp.
- Description
- Surveys medieval English responses to and assimilation of Anglo-Norman and continental French literature, with separate sections on (1) Anglo-Norman romance and hagiography; (2) major continental French narratives and authors, including "Huon of Bordeaux," "The Prose Lancelot," the "Roman de la Rose," Guillaume Deguilleville, Machaut, Froissart, and Chartier; and (3)
- appropriations and adaptations by Chaucer, Gower, and Hoccleve; and (4) French influence on English verse and prose romances. The section on Chaucer (pp. 273-370) concentrates on BD, LGWP, RvT, MerT, WBPT, PardPT, FranT, and ManT.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.