Chaucerian
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- adjective
- /ˌtʃɔːsˈɪəriən/
- Literature
- The humor in his writing has a distinctly Chaucerian flavor, reminiscent of medieval tales.
Examples
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What might be said about the unique features of the book crafts and manuscript arts of the Nordic Middle Ages, manuscripts and books of Chaucerian and Middle English texts in collections in the Nordic countries, and post-medieval collections of Nordic medieval manuscripts?
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How might a turn to non-Anglophone appropriations of Chaucer offer new ways of rethinking Chaucerian narratives or otherwise reorient how we think about the relationship between the world we now inhabit and materials from the distant (English) past?
Blog text (16) -
His words were vague like music, like the sound an ocean makes, simple but arcane, archaic but neither Shakespearean nor Chaucerian, spiritual and earthy.
Fiction book (1995) -
For instance, post-Chaucerian adapters working in French, Flemish, or Italian can end up almost transforming Chaucer "back into" the original non-English sources he engaged.
Blog text (16) -
Not the Chaucerian kind, bald-pated and stout, with a hooded robe, ribald humor and a penchant for wine.
Fiction book (1995) -
Many modern poets are influenced by the Chaucerian style of storytelling in their work.
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Her critiques of contemporary literature often draw parallels to Chaucerian themes and characters.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chaucerian comes from the name Chaucer plus the ending -ian, which means 'related to'. Just like Shakespearean shows something in Shakespeare's style, Chaucerian describes things that are 'like Chaucer' or 'about his work'.