The Myth of an Oral Style in Chaucer's Poetry
- Author / Editor
- Foster, Michael.
The Myth of an Oral Style in Chaucer's Poetry
- Published
- Medieval and Early Modern English Studies 18 (2010): 341-60.
- Description
- It is "anachronistic to assume" that Chaucer distinguished between the "reading and hearing of his literary works." His "style is best understood as a versatile adaptation of language to suit both silent and vocalized readings."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Style and Versification.