The Language and Metre of Chaucer (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Bernhard Ten Brink

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330688260 ISBN 13 : 9781330688267

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore Chaucer’s verse through its patterns and forms, and unlock how his stanzas shape meaning.

This concise, scholarly guide examines the structure of Chaucer’s ballades, doğg and envoy lines, and the rhythm that binds them. It helps readers see how stanzaic form, rhyme, and refrain contribute to the poetry’s music and readability.

Designed for students and readers of Middle English poetry, the book combines narrative explanations with concrete, example-driven analysis. It highlights how different stanza types—including monostrophic and compound balades—function within Chaucer’s works and what that reveals about the poet’s craft.

• Clear explanations of stanza form, rhyme schemes, and refrain use.


• Discussion of envoy sections and how they relate to the main poem.


• Illustrative references to specific ballades and poems for practical understanding.


• Notes on related literary forms and historical context within Chaucer’s verse.

Ideal for readers of Chaucer’s poetry who want a focused, accessible guide to meter and form.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

An excerpt from the PREFACE by Bernhard Ten Brinkman:

And for ther is so greet diversitee
In Englissh and in wrytinge of our tonge.
So preye I God that noon miswryte thee,
Ne thee mismeetre for defaute of tonge.

The little book herewith offered to the friends of Chaucer and of the English language is the result of several years of study not originally undertaken with a view to a publication of this nature. The grammatical and metrical outlines which form the basis of the present work were planned, and in course of time expanded and elaborated, for my own use and the benefit of those who attended my lectures.

At the beginning of the present year I happened to hear that a younger colleague intended to write a Chaucer Grammar. This circumstance determined me, in the interest of a rational division of labour, to bring to light what had for years lain hidden in my desk. I, of course, at once communicated my plan to the scholar who was the unintentional occasion of my decision. From the alacrity with which he gave way to me followed the obligation, on my part, to appear before the reader as soon as possible. But unexpected difficulties hindered the execution of a plan so easily conceived. The revision and completion of the somewhat defective MS. occupied several months; three more were spent in seeing it through the press, as, for various reasons, the printing was delayed. In this connection I should like to acknowledge the sympathy and encouragement I received from my friend Friedrich Kluge, who also assisted me in the correction of the proof-sheets.

Though deferred beyond my expectations, the appearance of this work strikes me nevertheless as premature. I could have wished to postpone the publication of a Grammar and Prosody of Chaucer until after the completion of a critical edition of his works. The preparations for such an edition have occupied me for a considerable time, but owing to lack of leisure the undertaking makes but slow progress. So long, however, as a critical edition of Chaucer's works remains a fond hope, the details of his grammatical and metrical systems will not be determined with the accuracy that might otherwise be attainable, nor will the survey as a whole be really comprehensive. Moreover, the want of such an edition presents difficulties both to the author and the thoughtful reader. The text-book, which ought to rest on a critical foundation (for otherwise though it might give specimens of forms, it would not present a picture of Chaucer's language), must nevertheless disclose but little of the critical labour involved in it, and may err in being in some points too concise and in others not concise enough. The reader, however, who frequently can not even refer to the necessary texts, must have either great confidence in his author, or great personal industry. In this connection I may be permitted to make a statement on orthographical matters in particular. It goes without saying that MS. forms which the evidence of rime and metre proves to be incompatible with Chaucer's phonetic system have been removed and replaced by more appropriate ones.

Présentation de l'éditeur

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330688260
• ISBN 13: 9781330688267
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 327
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