The Language of 'The Romaunt of the Rose' (Fragment A), with Particular Reference to Chaucer's Relationship to Middle English Provincial Poetry

Author / Editor
Shinsuke, Ando.

Title
The Language of 'The Romaunt of the Rose' (Fragment A), with Particular Reference to Chaucer's Relationship to Middle English Provincial Poetry

Published
Studies in English Literature, English number (1970): 63-74.

Description
Adduces examples of formulaic phrasing, diction, and rhymes in fragment A of Rom as evidence of Chaucer's familiarity with native English literature; also shows where such evidence appears in his later works.

Chaucer Subjects
Romaunt of the Rose
Style and Versification
Language and Word Studies
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations