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Syntax CB (Chaucer Studies, 6) - Hardcover

Roscow

 
9780847670536: Syntax CB (Chaucer Studies, 6)

Synopsis

The purpose of this book is to give an outline of structural features of Chaucer's poetic syntax that are relevant to the study of style, and to define some general tendencies in his construction of sentences. What emerges is a fondness on Chaucer's part In an introductory chapter Dr Roscow questions the familiar description of Chaucer's syntax as colloquial, and argues for attention to a wider range of literary functions in studying the relationship between syntax and style in nedieval poetry

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