Chaucerian Rhyme-Breaking.

Author / Editor
Evans, Ruth.

Title
Chaucerian Rhyme-Breaking.

Published
Helen M. Hickey, Anne McKendry, and Melissa Raine, eds. Contemporary Chaucer across the Centuries (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2018), pp. 56-73.

Description
Laments critical inattention to the prevalence of rhyme-breaking in Chaucer's poetry, and explores precedents in continental medieval verse and its critical traditions. Clarifies the term, and gauges the effects and functions of the device in a variety of examples from Chaucer's works where it most often emphasizes ironies, affects pace, and increases "dynamism."

Alternative Title
Contemporary Chaucer across the Centuries.

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification