Chaucer and the Imaginary World of Fame - Chaucer Studies - Piero Boitani - Books - Boydell & Brewer Ltd - 9780859911627 - May 31, 1984
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Chaucer and the Imaginary World of Fame - Chaucer Studies

Piero Boitani

Chaucer and the Imaginary World of Fame - Chaucer Studies

Explores the concept, and the 'imaginary world' surrounding Chaucer's "The House of Fame". This book contains an outline and discussion of the poem. It explores the 'history' and meaning of the idea of 'Fame', such as Chaucer might have received from tradition. It demonstrates that "The House of Fame" is in a sense, Chaucer's creative manifesto.


264 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released May 31, 1984
ISBN13 9780859911627
Publishers Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Pages 264
Dimensions 240 × 164 × 23 mm   ·   566 g
Language English  

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