A Chaucer Glossary

By Norman Davis

Book Overview

This Glossary, designed as a practical aid to the reading of Chaucer, is intended to be serviceable with any of the widely read editions. Its primary aim is to explain the meanings of words and phrases used by Chaucer in ways which are unfamiliar in modern English. Words used as they are today are not included, but many now in common use do appear, as they had different connotations in Chaucer's time. This concise working tool will be valuable to all Middle English scholars.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198111711
• ISBN13: 9780198111719
• Release Date: August 1979
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great companion to have on hand

My teenage son is currently studying Chaucer for his English literature class and is having a blast learning the Middle English and even older English phrases used in Chaucer's original writings. I am impressed because he usually hates literature, so aces to Davis for creating such a great motivating helpmate. (I have been using it, too, and it makes the translations easy and comprehension much better - wish I had had this when I was in high school),