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The Making of Chaucer's English

A Study of Words

The Making of Chaucer's English( )
Author: Cannon, Christopher
Contribution by: Minnis, Alastair
Boyde, Patrick
Burrow, John
Copeland, Rita
Deyermond, Alan
Dronke, Peter
Palmer, Nigel
Wetherbee, Winthrop
Series title:Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Ser.
ISBN:978-0-521-02267-5
Publication Date:Nov 2005
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $61.99
Book Description:

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 was as much performance as fact.It provides a thorough history of every one of Chaucer's words and maps the origins and patterns of use that have made these words so compelling for 600 years.



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