Chaucer's Imagery

Author / Editor
Hatcher, John Southall.

Title
Chaucer's Imagery

Published
DAI 29.09 (1969): 3098A.

Description
Studies Chaucer's similes and metaphors to trace the "development of imagery in each of [his] works" from BD through CT, suggesting that Chaucer shows a "progressive awareness of the image as an essential tool of his art." Results of statistical analysis of the density of his images coincides with traditional dating of his poems, and his imagery becomes more important to his characterizations over time.

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification