The First Technical Writer in English: Geoffrey Chaucer

Author / Editor
Basquin, Edmond A.

Title
The First Technical Writer in English: Geoffrey Chaucer

Published
Technical Communication 28 (1981): 22-24.

Description
Summary description of Astr that describes Chaucer's "admirable textbook method" and comments on his "rules of good technical writing," including simple diction and syntax, awareness of audience, repetition for emphasis, and copious illustrations.

Chaucer Subjects
Treatise on the Astrolabe
Style and Versification.