Chaucer's Use of the Catalogue.
- Author / Editor
- Farrell, William J.
Chaucer's Use of the Catalogue.
- Published
- Texas Studies in Literature and Language 5 (1963): 64-78.
- Description
- Treats Chaucer's use of rhetorical lists or catalogs as an indication of his growth as a poet, from BD and its use of lists as "pure amplification" to PF where listing is "occasionally but not always subjected to the artistic needs of the entire work." to TC where it is "an integral part of the poetic context in which it appeared," serving characterization, theme, and tone. Includes comments on various kinds of lists: in descriptions of beauty (parodied in Th and most effective in MilT), litany-like apostrophes, aubades, "ubi sunt," and more.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Style and Versification
Book of the Duchess
Parliament of Fowls
Troilus and Criseyde
Miller and His Tale
Tale of Sir Thopas