Chaucer's use of proverbs,
by Bartlett Jere Whiting.

Description

Main Author

Whiting, Bartlett Jere, 1904-

Language(s)

English

Published

Cambridge, Harvard university press, 1934.

Subjects

Chaucer, Geoffrey, > Chaucer, Geoffrey, / -1400 > Chaucer, Geoffrey, / -1400 / Style.
Proverbs, English > Proverbs, English / Middle English, 1100-1500.

Note

"Chaucer's usage is compared with that of other writers of his time or before, and appendices contain the proverbial material, or references to it, in the fabliaux, the works of Eustache Deschamps, and the French and English works of John Gower." - Pref.
"This book was a section of my doctoral dissertation [Harvard university, 1932]" - p. ix.

Physical Description

xii, 297 p. 22 cm.

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