Chaucer and the Pagan Gods

Author / Editor
Whitlark, James S.

Title
Chaucer and the Pagan Gods

Published
Annuale Mediaevale 18 (1977): 65-75.

Description
Pagan gods represent planetary influences, alchemic symbolism,psychological allegory of emotional states, and historical examples of virtues or vices. They also dramatize the worldliness of Chaucer's characters and relate it to the condition of pagans and apostates reviled in the Bible and denounced by the early Christians.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.