Henryson and the Medieval Arts of Rhetoric

Author / Editor
Kindrick, Robert L.

Title
Henryson and the Medieval Arts of Rhetoric

Published
New York and London: Garland, 1993.

Physical Description
xiii, 345 pp.

Series
Garland Studies in Medieval Literature, no. 8.

Description
Summarizes fundamental information about Henryson and surveys his use of and familiarity with the medieval rhetorical arts ("ars poetriae," "ars dictaminis," and "ars praedicandi"). Kendrick mentions Chaucer throughout as a source and model for the Scots poet, and the volume includes a comparison of Henryson's "Taill of Schir Chanteclair and the Foxe" to its source, NPT, to demonstrate Henryson's skill with rhetorical abbreviation.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.
Nun's Priest and His Tale.