The Play of Puns in Late Middle English Poetry: Concerning Juxtology
- Author / Editor
- Shoaf, R[ichard] A[llen].
The Play of Puns in Late Middle English Poetry: Concerning Juxtology
- Published
- Jonathan Culler, ed. On Puns: The Foundation of Letters (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1988), pp. 44-61.
- Description
- Unpacks the meanings and implications of sample puns from Chaucer, Langland's "Piers Plowman," and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," suggesting that they evince a medieval respect for the transcendent potency of language. Chaucerian examples include "arten" (TC 1.388), "astoned" (FranT 5.1339), "Nowelis flood" (1.3818), and "cosyn" (GP 1.742).
- Contributor
- Culler, Jonathan, ed.
- Alternative Title
- On Puns: The Foundation of Letters .
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies
- Style and Versification