Papers by Winthrop Wetherbee
Perhaps the most useful description of the style of The Book of the Duchess is that of Wolfgang C... more Perhaps the most useful description of the style of The Book of the Duchess is that of Wolfgang Clemen (Clemen,. Throughout the poem, he observes, flights of rhetoric wrought to "the pitch of exaggeration" alternate, not always gracefully, with colloquial passages full of "sudden cries and pious ejaculations," vows, protestations, asides, and an elliptical syntax where relatives are "'swallowed' as it were, in the hasty and emotional pressure of the narrative." 1 Chaucer's versification is experimental in a complementary way: bold, pungent, and aiming always at "variety and urgency." Unlike the subtle fluency of Gower, whose dialogue preserves its animation without requiring us to supply so much as an exclamation point, reading aloud a Chaucerian passage like that which reveals the fact of the lady's death (BD 1298(BD -1310 can leave one breathless.
Though the main concern of this volume is Abelard's work in logic and theology, he made important... more Though the main concern of this volume is Abelard's work in logic and theology, he made important and original contributions in a number of fields. His substantial essays in apologetic and biblical exegesis are discussed in other chapters. Studies still in progress are revealing his extensive and wide-ranging activity as a liturgist, and seeking to recover concrete evidence of his work as a composer of music. But his most remarkable nonphilosophical role is as a literary artist, a master of narrative and lyric form who produced art of a high order out of his own complex and tormented life.
The Modern Language Review, 1975
Abstract This is a careful study of the ideas and poetry developed at the cathedral school of cha... more Abstract This is a careful study of the ideas and poetry developed at the cathedral school of chartres, one of the finest in latin christendom during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. the introduction and the two first chapters deal with the movements that lead to the period ...
The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 2015
The Modern Language Review, 1986
The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 2013
Exemplaria, 1990
Page 1. Published by Maney Publishing (c) WS Maney & Son Limited Romanc anb pIC In ChaU... more Page 1. Published by Maney Publishing (c) WS Maney & Son Limited Romanc anb pIC In ChaUCR'Sknlqht's tal WINTHROP WETHERBEE his paper is concerned with the relationship of the Knight's Tale to literary tradition and its representation of history, and I ap-...
Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales, 2003
Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales, 2003
Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales, 2003
Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales, 2003
Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales, 2003
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