The Hous of Fame
Author | : Geoffrey Chaucer |
Publisher | : Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1893. |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 1893 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Geoffrey Chaucer |
Publisher | : Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1893. |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 1893 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Isabel Davis |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1843844079 |
Fama, or fame, is a central concern of late medieval literature. Where fame came from, who deserved it, whether it was desirable, how it was acquired and kept were significant inquiries for a culture that relied extensively on personal credit and reputation. An interest in fame was not new, being inherited from the classical world, but was renewed and rethought within the vernacular revolutions of the later Middle Ages. The work of Geoffrey Chaucer shows a preoccupation with ideas on the subject of fama, not only those received from the classical world but also those of his near contemporaries; via an engagement with their texts, he aimed to negotiate a place for his own work in the literary canon, establishing fame as the subject-site at which literary theory was contested and writerly reputation won. Chaucer's place in these negotiations was readily recognized in his aftermath, as later writers adopted and reworked postures which Chaucer had struck, in their own bids for literary place. This volume considers the debates on fama which were past, present and future to Chaucer, using his work as a centre point to investigate canon formation in European literature from the late Middle Ages and into the Early Modern period. Isabel Davis is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature at Birkbeck, University of London; Catherine Nall is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London. Contributors: Joanna Bellis, Alcuin Blamires, Julia Boffey, Isabel Davis, Stephanie Downes, A.S.G. Edwards, Jamie C. Fumo, Andrew Galloway, Nick Havely, Thomas A. Prendergast, Mike Rodman Jones, William T. Rossiter, Elizaveta Strakhov.
Author | : Geoffrey Chaucer |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2006-05-25 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 0141959894 |
Spanning Chaucer's working life, these four poems build on the medieval convention of 'love visions' - poems inspired by dreams, woven into rich allegories about the rituals and emotions of courtly love. In The Book of the Duchess, the most traditional of the four, the dreamer meets a widower who has loved and lost the perfect lady, and The House of Fame describes a dream journey in which the poet meets with classical divinities. Witty, lively and playful, The Parliament of Birds details an encounter with the birds of the world in the Garden of Nature as they seek to meet their mates, while The Legend of Good Women sees Chaucer being censured by the God of Love, and seeking to make amends, for writing poems that depict unfaithful women. Together, the four create a marvellously witty, lively and humane self-portrait of the poet.
Author | : Geoffrey Chaucer |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2022-08-10 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : |
The Book of the Duchess is a surreal poem that was presumably written as an elegy for Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster's (the wife of Geoffrey Chaucer's patron, the royal Duke of Lancaster, John of Gaunt) death in 1368 or 1369. The poem was written a few years after the event and is widely regarded as flattering to both the Duke and the Duchess. It has 1334 lines and is written in octosyllabic rhyming couplets.
Author | : Alexander Pope |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1715 |
Genre | : English poetry |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Geoffrey Chaucer |
Publisher | : American Chemical Society |
Total Pages | : 1386 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages |
ISBN | : 0199552096 |
A re-editing of F.N. Robinson's second edition of The works of Geoffrey Chaucer published in 1957 by the team of experts at the Riverside Institute who have greatly expanded the introductory material, explanatory notes, textual notes, bibliography and glossary. The result of many years' study. The Riverside Chaucer is the most authentic and exciting edition available of Chaucer's complete works.
Author | : Geoffrey Chaucer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Aeneas (Legendary character) |
ISBN | : |
Accompanying sound discs contain the work spoken in Middle English, with the Stella splendens sung in Latin.
Author | : Philippa Morgan |
Publisher | : Carroll & Graf Pub |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780786714667 |
Sent on a diplomatic mission to France, medieval English poet Geoffrey Chaucer finds himself in the middle of furor when his host is killed in a hunting "accident" and he must uncover the culprit before he is accused of the crime.
Author | : Paul Strohm |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780674811997 |
This text analyzes the effect of Chaucer's poetry on his contemporary readers, examining how he and his audience understood their society and how this is reflected in the works. This book provides a fuller understanding of Chaucer's world and the social implications of literary styles and form.
Author | : Philip Gooden |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2014-03-06 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781909771055 |
It is 1370, right in the middle of the Anglo-French conflict, the Hundred Years War. In danger of losing the Aquitaine territory, England sends Geoffrey Chaucer, protege of the king's son, to France. As a poet on a diplomatic mission, Chaucer must persuade one of the most important noblemen of the region to remain loyal to England's king. But Henri, Comte de Guyac, whose wife Chaucer had previously fallen in love with when he was held prisoner by Henri, is not exactly neutral in his feelings for Chaucer. Wondering how he will feel when he sees Rosamund, the Comte's wife, Chaucer reaches de Guyac's castle and is greeted by turmoil. His mission is further complicated when Henri is killed during a boar hunt. Chaucer soon realizes the Comte's death is no hunting accident and that he must solve the murder before returning home. Enemies and suspects abound, from a troupe of travelling players to factions within the castle itself. Chaucer finds himself in the midst of a brightly colorful puzzle that turns him into a fugitive in a foreign country, unsure who his friends and enemies really are."