Two Texts of the "Disticha Catonis" and Its Commentary, with Special Reference to Chaucer, Langland, and Gower.

Author / Editor
Hazelton, Richard Marquard.

Title
Two Texts of the "Disticha Catonis" and Its Commentary, with Special Reference to Chaucer, Langland, and Gower.

Published
Dissertation Abstracts 16 (1956)

Physical Description
Ph. D. Dissertation. Rutgers University, 1956.

Description
Edits "two glossed texts" of the "Disticha Catonis," constructed for use by students of Chaucer, Langland, and Gower. The Introduction juxtaposes passages from their poetry with "Catonian materials" to indicate the "poets' indebtedness" to the text and the commentary that accrued to it. Texts derived from Bodleian Library, Canonici Classical MS. 72 and Lincoln Cathedral Library, MS.

Chaucer Subjects
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations