In a Nutshell: 'Verba' and 'Sententia' and Matter and Form in Medieval Composition Theory
- Author / Editor
- Woods, Marjorie Curry.
In a Nutshell: 'Verba' and 'Sententia' and Matter and Form in Medieval Composition Theory
- Published
- Charlotte Cook Morse, Penelope Reed Doob, and Marjorie Curry Woods, eds. The Uses of Manuscripts in Literary Studies: Essays in Memory of Judson Boyce Allen (Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications, 1992), pp. 19-39.
- Description
- Medieval rhetorical textbooks and school commentaries illuminate Chaucer's attention to literal meaning. Discussions of such devices as amplification and abbreviation help explain interrelations and conflicts between poetical structures and individual narratives.
- Alternative Title
- The Uses of Manuscripts in Literary Studies: Essays in Memory of Judson Boyce Allen.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.