Chaucer's 'Cosyn to the Dede': Further Considerations
- Author / Editor
- Pelen, Marc M.
Chaucer's 'Cosyn to the Dede': Further Considerations
- Published
- Florilegium 19: 1-17, 2002.
- Description
- Linguistic and philosophical notions underlying the idea of "cosyn to the dede" fascinate Chaucer and Jean de Meun, who follow Plato and Augustine in accepting that signs reveal ultimate meaning and that myths relate to eternal ideals.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.