Light and Darkness in 'The Book of the Duchess'--The 'Aesthetics of Light' of Gothic Art
- Author / Editor
- Ebi, Hisato.
Light and Darkness in 'The Book of the Duchess'--The 'Aesthetics of Light' of Gothic Art
- Published
- The Journal of Liberal Arts Department, Kansai Medical University (December 1980): pp. 15-126.
- Description
- Pseudo Dionysius Areopagita's theory of "One Light of God" had very much to do with the rich achievements of Gothic art. Consciously or unconsciously, Chaucer was a man in the High Gothic era. In BD his aesthetic idea is clearly presented by the fine counterpointing of "white" and "black" and the metaphor of "light."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Book of the Duchess.