Chaucer and Language

by David Williams, Robert Myles, David A. Williams

Every poet arrives at some sense of how language works. Chaucer's engagement, like that of the greatest literary figures, goes beyond the brilliant, skilful use of language as a tool of expression, beyond what we usually call "talent." He brings to the creative use of signification a sophisticated philosophical questioning of the very nature of language, of how we know and how we signify. Chaucer and Language argues that Chaucer's work points to answers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773521828
• ISBN13: 9780773521827
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"