Henryson and the Medieval Arts of Rhetoric
- Author / Editor
- Kindrick, Robert L.
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.