The Three Styles of Fragment I of the 'Canterbury Tales'
- Author / Editor
- Fisher, John H.
The Three Styles of Fragment I of the 'Canterbury Tales'
- Published
- Chaucer Review 8.2 (1973): 119-27.
- Description
- Shows how the first three tales in CT can be seen to align with the discussion of three rhetorical styles in John of Garland's "Poetria"--courtly, civic, and rustic. Particularly applicable is Garland's commentary on his rectangular chart of stylistic qualities (rather than the better known wheel of Virgil). Gauges Chaucer's familiarity with John of Garland and comments on where other evidence of his influence can be found in Chaucer's works.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Style and Versification
- Knight and His Tale
- Miller and His Tale
- Reeve and His Tale
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations