Pyramus and Thisbe in Chaucer and Shakespeare

Author / Editor
Spisak, James W.

Title
Pyramus and Thisbe in Chaucer and Shakespeare

Published
Chaucerian Shakespeare (Ann Arbor: Michigan Consortium for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 1983), pp. 81-95.

Description
Inspired by the ironic use of the Pyramus and Thisbe myth in LGW Shakespeare employs the myth to parody the young lovers in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," mocking both Chaucer and his courtly poem.

Alternative Title
Chaucerian Shakespeare.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.
Legend of Good Women.