The Prosody of Chaucer and His Followers: Supplementary Chapters to "Verses of Cadence."
- Author / Editor
- Southworth, James G.
The Prosody of Chaucer and His Followers: Supplementary Chapters to "Verses of Cadence."
- Published
- Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1962.
- Physical Description
- xii, 96 pp.
- Description
- Supplements "Verses of Cadence" (1954) to reinforce arguments that Chaucer's prosody was rhythmic, not metrical, and that final -e should not be pronounced in reading Chaucer. Considers the influence on Chaucer's rhythms--in prose as well as poetry--of Ciceronian tradition, ecclesiastical oration, and the "genius of native English speech." Contrasts examples of punctuation of modern editorial punctuation of CT with manuscript markings (especially PhyT, Phy-PardL, and PardPT), and suggests that rhythmic analysis can help to clarify the chronological sequence of the composition of Chaucer's poetry.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Style and Versification
Language and Word Studies
Manuscripts and Textual Studies
Pardoner and His Tale