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Chaucer and the Country of the Stars : Poetic Uses of Astrological Imagery / Chauncy Wood.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wood, Chauncy, author.
- Series:
- Princeton Legacy Library
- Princeton Legacy Library ; 1349
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Figures of speech.
- Rhetoric, Medieval.
- Stars in literature.
- Astrology in literature.
- English language--Middle English, 1100-1500--Style.
- English language.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400--Literary style.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400--Knowledge--Occultism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (373 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9781400872077
- 1400872073
- OCLC:
- 903442346
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