Exploring Chaucer's Theories of Language: 'Englyssh Suffissant' amd 'Slydengness of Tongue

Author / Editor
McDonald, Richard.

Title
Exploring Chaucer's Theories of Language: 'Englyssh Suffissant' amd 'Slydengness of Tongue

Published
In-Between: Essays and Studies in Literary Criticism 7 (1998): 31-48.

Description
Shows that throughout his career Chaucer "attempts to stike a balance between apologizing for the instability of his meaning and open acceptance of the capricious nature of language." Comments on Chaucer's attitudes toward language, interpretation, style, and translation in Adam, Astr, HF, TC, Th, Mel, and NPT.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies
Adam Scriveyn
Treatise on the Astrolabe
House of Fame
Troilus and Criseyde
Tale of Sir Thopas
Tale of Melibee
Nun's Priest and His Tale