Syntax and Style in Chaucer`s Poetry

The purpose of this book is to give an outline of structural features of Chaucers 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 Chaucers 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 Chaucers usage may be seen in its historical context, comparative material is drawn from the writings of his contemporaries - Langland, Gower, and the l>Gawainl>-poet - and from the body of early English rhyming romances now taken to represent an influent: ial native poetic tradition. I In an introductory chapter Dr Roscow questions the familiar description of Chaucers 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

Product details

• Authors: G. H. Roscow, Gregory Roscow
• Publisher: D. S. Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1970
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 424 g
• Series: Chaucer Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies