The 'Book of the Duchess' and the Dream of Folly

Author / Editor
Zimbardo, Rose A.

Title
The 'Book of the Duchess' and the Dream of Folly

Published
Chaucer Review 18 (1984): 329-46.

Description
BD is a rendering of the archetypal Fool (the poet) and the King (the Black Knight), wherein consolation for death is provided by the Fool, a pattern also in "Solomon and Marcolf."

Chaucer Subjects
Book of the Duchess.