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OverviewIncorporating advances in historical linguistics but aimed at teachers and students of poetry, Chaucer’s Verse Art in its European Context argues that between 1378 and 1400 Geoffrey Chaucer used his knowledge of how poets versified in other languages to devise a meter that would be a perfect fit for the newly respectable English. While Chaucer and Gower are largely responsible for the last stage of this evolution in Middle English and Anglo-Norman, Chaucer’s risk in composing in English paid off and iambic pentameter and tetrameter endured to become the staples of English verse, while Gower’s French stress-syllabic meters died with the Anglo-Norman dialect. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Martin J. DuffellPublisher: Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US Imprint: Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US Volume: 513 Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.510kg ISBN: 9780866985697ISBN 10: 0866985697 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 14 May 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |