Chaucer's Use of the Apostrophe in 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Author / Editor
Koretsky, Allen C.

Title
Chaucer's Use of the Apostrophe in 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Published
Chaucer Review 4.4 (1970): 242-66.

Description
Describes the presence of apostrophe ("exclamatio") in TC and assesses its various effects: amplification, heightening of style, advancement of plot, and characterization--especially of Troilus, Criseyde, and the narrator, but also of Pandarus, Antigone, and Diomede.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde
Style and Versification