The Sense of 'Directe' in Chaucer's 'Troilus' V.1856: A Correction
- Author / Editor
- Wilson, E.
The Sense of 'Directe' in Chaucer's 'Troilus' V.1856: A Correction
- Published
- Notes and Queries 243 (1998): 24-27.
- Description
- The word "directe" has been taken to mean "to dedicate," and critics have assumed that the poem was dedicated to Gower. But "ye loveres," Gower and Strode, are sent the poem for correction, especially in morals and philosophy. The word "directe" means "to direct, address," a sense Chaucer would have come across in his bureaucratic affairs.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.
- Language and Word Studies.