Studies in Chaucer's Words: A Contextual and Semantic Approach

Author / Editor
Kanno, Masahiko.

Title
Studies in Chaucer's Words: A Contextual and Semantic Approach

Published
Tokyo: Eihosha, 1996.

Physical Description
xiv, 226 pp.

Description
Discusses Chaucer's epithetic adjectives, stock phrases, and asseverations. Also considers his transformations of traditional similes and metaphors into fresh ones for poetic effects.
The eighteen essays included have been previously published, although some are here translated from Japanese into English for the first time.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies.