Uses of Names in Medieval Literature.
- Author / Editor
- Hanning, Robert W.
Uses of Names in Medieval Literature.
- Published
- Names 16 (1968): 325-38.
- Description
- Comments on the fittingness and suggestiveness of a number of proper names in CT--Eglyntine, Absolon, Alisoun, Philostratus, January, May, Justinus, Placebo, and Cecilia--as part of a survey of the literary uses of names and naming in medieval Latin and vernacular literatures, with attention to Isidore of Seville, Geoffrey of Monmouth, "Beowulf," Marie de France, Chrétien de Troyes, and others.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies
Prioress and Her Tale
Miller and His Tale
Knight and His Tale
Merchant and His Tale
Second Nun and Her Tale