Chaucer and the country of the stars : poetic uses of astrological imagery /

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Professor Wood examines in detail the astrological references in The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, and The Complaint of Mars, using mediaeval source materials not only to elucidate the technicalities of the imagery but also to analyze its poetic function. Originally published in 1970. The...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wood, Chauncey (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1970.
Colección:Princeton legacy library.
Temas:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Knowledge > Occultism.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Literary style.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400
English language > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Style.
Astrology in literature.
Stars in literature.
Rhetoric, Medieval.
Figures of speech.
Astrologie dans la littérature.
Étoiles dans la littérature.
Rhétorique médiévale.
POETRY > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Literary style
Astrology in literature
English language > Middle English > Style
Figures of speech
Occultism
Rhetoric, Medieval
Stars in literature
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • CHAPTER I. Chaucer's Attitude Toward Astrology
  • CHAPTER II. The Conventions and Possibilities of Astrology
  • CHAPTER III. The Complaint of Mars
  • CHAPTER IV. Three Astrological Cruxes
  • CHAPTER V. Astrology in the Man of Law1S Tale
  • CHAPTER VI. Time and Tide in the Franklin s Tale
  • CHAPTER VII. The Parson's Prologue
  • APPENDIX. The Workings of Astrology "Brede and Milke for Childeren"
  • Index

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