Poetic Digression and the Interpretation of Medieval Literary Texts
- Author / Editor
- Woods, Marjorie Curry.
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