Le patrimoine litteraire selon Chaucer

Author / Editor
Dor, Juliette.

Title
Le patrimoine litteraire selon Chaucer

Published
Jean-Claude Polet, ed. Patrimoine litteraire europeen: Actes du colloque international, Namur, 26, 27 et 28 novembre 1998 (Brussels: De Boeck UniversiteĢ, 2000), pp. 139-49.

Description
Like many of his French predecessors, Chaucer relied heavily on ancient (and a few foreign) authorities, but his vernacular language lacked prestige. He gradually freed himself from such handicaps to claim new status as an English writer.

Alternative Title
Patrimoine litteraire europeen: Actes du colloque international, Namur, 26, 27 et 28 novembre 1998.

Chaucer Subjects
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.