PAPER 1: THE HISTORY, USE AND THEORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

 

Chaucer for Section C

N. Davis, 'Chaucer's English' in Geoffrey Chaucer, ed. D. S. Brewer (1974)
*Riverside Chaucer, section on language in the introduction by N. Davis
*David Burnley, A Guide to Chaucer's English (1981)
N. Davis et al, A Chaucer Glossary (1981)
G. H. Roscow, Syntax and Style in Chaucer's Poetry (1977)
D. S. Brewer, 'Chaucer's Poetic Style' in The Cambridge Chaucer Companion, ed. P. Boitani and J. Mann
D. S. Brewer, 'The Relationship of Chaucer to the English and European Traditions', in Chaucer and Chaucerians
P. Dronke, 'Medieval Rhetoric' in Literature and Western Civilization: The Medieval World, ed. D. Daiches and A. K. Thorlby
 

link to:
Chaucer's language handout

other Chaucer pages


Chaucer review bibliography
Larry Benson's Harvard Chaucer page
Online reviews of recent books on Chaucer