Chaucer's View of 'Mesure'

Author / Editor
Kanno, Masahiko.

Title
Chaucer's View of 'Mesure'

Published
Masahiko Kanno, Gregory K. Jember, and Yoshiyuki Nakao, eds. A Love of Words: English Philological Studies in Honour of Akira Wada (Tokyo: Eishosha, 1998), pp. 115-31.

Description
Kanno examines instances of "mesure" and its synonyms in Chaucer's works, comparing those meanings with the virtue of moderation in Confucianism. The meanings range from "calculation" to "moderation." Generally, Chaucer's distinction between good and evil is based on a practical point of view.

Alternative Title
Love of Words: English Philological Studies in Honour of Akira Wada.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies.