Syntax and Style in Chaucer's Poetry: 6 (Chaucer Studies) - Hardcover

Roscow, G H

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0859910806 ISBN 13: 9780859910804

Publisher: D.S.Brewer, 1981

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 for discontinuity in the order of words and phrases and for certain forms of expression which have a wider application t:han their modern counterparts. In order that Chaucer's usage may be seen in its historical context, comparative material is drawn from the writings of his contemporaries - Langland, Gower, and the Gawain-poet - and from the body of early English rhyming romances now taken to represent an influent:ial nativepoetic tradition. I 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

Edition details

• Publisher: D.S.Brewer
• Publication date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0859910806
• ISBN 13: 9780859910804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 158