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Chaucer's Dream Visions
Michael St.John
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Specialists of Chaucer and his contemporaries will be the audience for this volume on the poet's use of Aristotelian psychology, Boethius, Dante, and French court poets to create aspects of courtly identity through language and experience. St. John (English, U. of Leicester, UK) provides detailed analyses of the , , , and to develop his case. He shows that Chaucer's use of the dream vision can be interpreted as an exploration of individual subjectivity in a social context, an expression of Chaucer's Christian beliefs, and his awareness of the dialogue courtly society engenders. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
December 12, 2000
Publisher
Aldershot : Ashgate, c2000.
Pages
234
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780754601227