E-Book, Englisch, 374 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Wood Chaucer and the Country of the Stars
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7207-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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Poetic Uses of Astrological Imagery
E-Book, Englisch, 374 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7207-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Frontmatter, pg. i
Preface, pg. ix
Contents, pg. xv
List of Illustrations, pg. xvii
CHAPTER I. Chaucer's Attitude Toward Astrology, pg. 1
CHAPTER II. The Conventions and Possibilities of Astrology, pg. 51
CHAPTER III. The Complaint of Mars, pg. 103
CHAPTER IV. Three Astrological Cruxes, pg. 161
CHAPTER V. Astrology in the Man of Law1S Tale, pg. 192
CHAPTER VI. Time and Tide in the Franklin s Tale, pg. 245
CHAPTER VII. The Parson's Prologue, pg. 272
APPENDIX. The Workings of Astrology "Brede and Milke for Childeren", pg. 298
Index, pg. 307
