Some Functions of Medieval Rhetoric in Chaucer's Verse.

Author / Editor
Madsen, Reta Margaret Anderson.

Title
Some Functions of Medieval Rhetoric in Chaucer's Verse.

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 57.11 (1997): 4755A.

Description
Argues that Chaucer modified, extended, and developed the "conventions" of medieval rhetoric (including the "doctrine of three styles"), exploring his uses in light of the "Poetria Nova" of Geoffrey of Vinsauf and the pseudo-Ciceronian "Rhetorica ad Herennium." Includes discussion the "three dream visions," TC, and various tales and prologues from CT.

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations