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The Making of Chaucer's English

The Making of Chaucer's English

Hardcover

Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature, Book 39

Literary CriticismPoetry Criticism

ISBN10: 0521592747
ISBN13: 9780521592741
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Feb 18 1999
Pages: 452
Weight: 1.65
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
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, why 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 six hundred years.

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