The Art of Chaucer's Prose.

Author / Editor
Schlauch, Margaret.

Title
The Art of Chaucer's Prose.

Published
D. S. Brewer, ed. Chaucer and Chaucerians: Critical Studies in Middle English Literature (University: University of Alabama Press; London: Nelson, 1966), pp. 140-63.

Description
Describes and comments on the range and subtleties of Chaucer's prose styles, with recurrent comments on his stylistic adaptation of sources. Treats the "plain" style of Astr, the "heightened" homiletic style of ParsT, the "eloquent" style of Mel, and the "rhythmical" style of the cadenced (cursus) prose in Bo. Also suggests that the style of Equat "strengthens" the case for Chaucer's authorship.

Alternative Title
Chaucer and Chaucerians

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification
Sources,, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Treatise on the Astrolabe
Parson and His Tale
Tale of Melibee
Boece
Equatorie of the Planetis