Image Progressions in Chaucer's Poetry: Exposition of a Theory of Creativity

Author / Editor
Fulwiler, Lavon Buster,

Title
Image Progressions in Chaucer's Poetry: Exposition of a Theory of Creativity

Published
DAI 32.09 (1972): 5181A

Description
Argues that "through his patterning of imagery Chaucer systematically expressed his doctrine on poetic creativity," i.e., that a poet may "achieve imaginative vision" by "withdrawal into a mental otherworld." In his early dream poems and especially in TC, Chaucer articulates the theory that remembering the works of the past can evoke inspiration.

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification
Troilus and Criseyde
Book of the Duchess
Parliament of Fowls
House of Fame