The Myth of an Oral Style in Chaucer's Poetry

Author / Editor
Foster, Michael.

Title
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.