Chaucer Name Dictionary: A Guide to Astrological, Biblical, Historical, Literary, and Mythological Names in the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
- Author / Editor
- De Weever, Jacqueline.
Chaucer Name Dictionary: A Guide to Astrological, Biblical, Historical, Literary, and Mythological Names in the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
- Published
- New York: Garland, 1987.
- Description
- Using Chaucerian spellings, the dictionary is designed for beginners and nonspecialists as well as for scholars and specialists interested in the etymology, formation, and development of personal names and names of gods and goddesses (mythical and planetary).
- Each entry gives biographical, historical, or mythological information; Chaucer's use and allegorical interpretations; etymology; and bibliography of sources for the entry. Includes astronomical-astrological glossary, diagrams of constellations, Ptolemaic charts, and bibliography.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.