The Metre of the "Tale of Gamelyn."

Author / Editor
Pearsall, Derek.

Title
The Metre of the "Tale of Gamelyn."

Published
Ad Putter and Judith A. Jefferson, eds. The Transmission of Medieval Romance: Metres, Manuscripts and Early Prints (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2018), pp. 33-49.

Description
Describes Middle English metrical predecessors to "The Tale of Gamelyn" and assesses its regularities and place in the tradition of alliterative long-line verse. Also comments on its status as an example of Chaucerian apocrypha.

Alternative Title
Transmission of Medieval Romance

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucerian Apocrypha
Style and Versification