Chaucer and the Tradition of Fame : : Symbolism in The House of Fame / / Benjamin Granade Koonce.
The author's aim is to "restore to the reading of the poem a background of medieval meanings familiar enough to Chaucer's contemporary reader but almost lost to the modem." Mr. Koonce believes that fame was a clearly defined Christian concept in the Middle Ages, and his interpret...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1966 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I. THE TRADITION OF FAME
- CHAPTER II. THE PROPHETIC TRADITION
- CHAPTER III. THE HOUSE OF FAME-HELL
- CHAPTER IV. THE HOUSE OF FAME - PURGATORY
- CHAPTER V. THE HOUSE OF FAME - PARADISE
- INDEX