Polyglot Poetics: Merchants and Literary Production in London, 1300-1500

Author / Editor
Hsy, Jonathan Horng.

Title
Polyglot Poetics: Merchants and Literary Production in London, 1300-1500

Published
DAI A68.07 (2008): n.p.

Description
Hsy explores the use of English, French, and Latin by writers such as Chaucer, Gower, and Margery Kempe in conjunction with the polyglot mercantile culture of London. Argues that these writers "hybridize" multilingual traditions to form "hybrid personas."

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies