Chaucer and the Imaginary World of Fame (Chaucer Studies, 10)

by PieroBoitani (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  1984

  $125.37

  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.