Chaucer's 'House of Fame' and Saint Augustine
- Author / Editor
- Schembri, Anthony M.
Chaucer's 'House of Fame' and Saint Augustine
- Published
- Augustinian Panorama 5-7 (1988-90): 14-55.
- Description
- Chaucer's HF, an allegory, is his "one major excursion in the territory usually associated with Dante." Schembri explores Augustinian iconography in the poem, looking particularly at Chaucer's treatment of the Dido story, the Proem to HF 2, and the description of the "house" of Fame. Chaucer "echoes" St. Augustine but does not refer to him overtly.
- Alternative Title
- "Chaucer's 'House of Fame' and St. Augustine."
- Chaucer Subjects
- House of Fame.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.