Poetic Digression and the Interpretation of Medieval Literary Texts

Author / Editor
Woods, Marjorie Curry.

Title
Poetic Digression and the Interpretation of Medieval Literary Texts

Published
I. D. McFarlane, ed. Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Sanctandreani: Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies, St. Andrews 24 August to 1 September 1982 (Binghamton, N.Y.: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1986), pp. 617-26.

Description
Suggests that both TC and CT conclude in accord with the medieval rhetorical principle of "digression." Identifies the device in medieval rhetoric tradition, particularly the "Poetria Nova" of Geoffrey of Vinsauf, and applies it briefly to the ending of TC and to Ret.

Contributor
McFarlane, I. D., ed.

Alternative Title
Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Sanctandreani: Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies, St. Andrews 24 August to 1 September 1982

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification
Troilus and Criseyde
Chaucer's Retraction
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations