Pace in Chaucer. The proverbe seith: He hasteth wel that wisely kan abyde (Melibee, 1054)

Author / Editor
Windeatt, Barry.

Title
Pace in Chaucer. The proverbe seith: He hasteth wel that wisely kan abyde (Melibee, 1054)

Published
Poetica (Tokyo) 14 (1983): 51-65

Description
Windeatt compares several of Chaucer's works and their sources to show that through variations in narrative pace and increased attention to pinpointing time, Chaucer makes something quite new. Considers PF, MLT, TC, KnT, and several of the tales in LGW.

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification.