An Analysis of the Medieval 'Artes Poetriae' with a Discussion of Amplification of Character in Chaucer's 'Troilus'

Author / Editor
Aubrey, Annie.

Title
An Analysis of the Medieval 'Artes Poetriae' with a Discussion of Amplification of Character in Chaucer's 'Troilus'

Published
DAI 31.07 (1971): 3494A.

Description
Analyzes the "organization and assumptions" of four medieval rhetorical handbooks, focusing on their "methods of amplification," and assesses the influence of rhetorical tradition on the characterizations in TC, in comparison with those of Boccaccio in "Il Filostrato."

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