The Language of Chaucer's Poetry: An Appraisal of the Verse, Style, and Structure

Author / Editor
Eliason, Norman E.

Title
The Language of Chaucer's Poetry: An Appraisal of the Verse, Style, and Structure

Published
Copenhagen: Rosenkilde and Bagger, 1972.

Physical Description
250 pp.

Description
Evaluates the "style and structure" of Chaucer's poetry, exploring the interaction of pronunciation and versification and the limitations of medieval and modern rhetorics for describing and gauging Chaucer's techniques. Includes scansion of lines and section, attention to tone, register, precision of diction, juxtaposition, cohesion, closure, and various other stylistic and structural features. An index indicates where various topics and techniques are considered in this study.

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification