Chaucer and the Country of the Stars (eBook)

Poetic Uses of Astrological Imagery

Chauncey Wood (Autor)

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2015
374 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-7207-7 (ISBN)

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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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.3.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Schlagworte: Abraham Ibn Ezra • Aby Warburg • Al-Biruni • Alfonso X of Castile • al-Kindi • Allegory • Almagest • Apotheosis • Aristotelianism • Ascendant • astral body • astrological sign • Astrology • Astrology and Astronomy • Astronomy • A Treatise on the Astrolabe • augury • Caelum • Cephalus • charlatan • Circumlocution • Classical planet • Confessio Amantis • convivio • Debility (astrology) • De Monarchia • De rerum natura • Detriment (astrology) • Deucalion • elocutio • Ernst Curtius • Ernst Robert Curtius • erudition • Erwin Panofsky • Euhemerism • Euhemerus • Exaltation (astrology) • Francis Fergusson • George Lyman Kittredge • Guido Bonatti • Herman of Carinthia • Hermaphroditus • Homer • Horoscope • Hortus Deliciarum • Hyleg • Johannes de Sacrobosco • John Lydgate • John of Gaunt • judicial astrology • Julius Firmicus Maternus • Lucretius • Mars and Venus (Botticelli) • Michael Scot • Moralia • Mythology • Natalis Comes • Nathaniel Bowditch • nevill coghill • Nicole Oresme • Numerology • On the Heavens • Ovid • Palamon and Arcite • Parody • Parsifal • pelagianism • petrarch • Phoroneus • Piero di Cosimo • Pierre Bersuire • Pierre Duhem • Poetry • priam • Primum Mobile • Pun • Pythagoreanism • Quibble (plot device) • Quintilian • Romulus and Remus • Sir Thopas • Solecism • Synecdoche • Teseida • Tetrabiblos • The Complaint of Mars • The Franklin's Tale • The Knight's Tale • The Man of Law's Tale • The Merchant's Tale • The Parson's Tale • The Squire's Tale • troilus • Troilus and Criseyde • Turnus • Two Planets • V. • Venantius Fortunatus • Western Astrology • William of Ockham
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-7207-3 / 1400872073
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-7207-7 / 9781400872077