The Idea of the Labyrinth from Classical Antiquity Through the Middle Ages
- Author / Editor
- Doob, Penelope Reed.
The Idea of the Labyrinth from Classical Antiquity Through the Middle Ages
- Published
- Ithaca, N.Y., and London : Cornell University Press, 1990.
- Physical Description
- xviii, 355 pp.
- Description
- Considers models, taxonomy, metaphor, etymologies, and verbal implications of the labyrinth; mazes in medieval art and architecture; moral labyrinths; and textual labyrinths in medieval literature. Examines Chaucer's use of the labyrinth in BD, CT, GP, HF, KnT, LGW, MLT, ParsT, PrT, SNT,Bo, and TC.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General.
- Book of the Duchess.
- General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
- House of Fame.
- Knight and His Tale.
- Legend of Good Women.
- Man of Law and His Tale.
- Parson and His Tale.
- Second Nun and Her Tale.
- Boece.
- Troilus and Criseyde.
- Background and General Criticism.