The making of Chaucer's English : a study of words

The making of Chaucer's English : a study of words / Christopher Cannon.

"This book is a study of Chaucer's words. It describes how these words became evidence for calling Chaucer the 'father of English poetry' but, also, how that label is wrong. It shows that Chaucer's language is, in fact, traditional and argues that his linguistic innovation w...

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Main Author: Cannon, Christopher
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Series:Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 39.
Subjects:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Language.
English language > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
English language > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Lexicology.
English language > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Etymology.
Rhetoric, Medieval.
Controlled vocabularies.
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
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Dinand Library

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Call Number: PR1940 .C36 1998
Status: Available

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