Style and Stereotype in Early English Letters.
- Author / Editor
- Davis, Norman.
Style and Stereotype in Early English Letters.
- Published
- Leeds Studies in English 1 (1967): 7-17.
- Description
- Demonstrates the "conventional and unspontaneous elements in the language" of early English letter-writing, citing examples from the Paston letters, Cely letters, Stonor letters, etc., and discussing how phrasing reflects earlier literary usage, particularly Chaucer's.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion