Of 'Briddes and Beestes': Chaucer's Use of Animal Imagery as a Means of Audience Influence in Four Major Poetic Works
- Author / Editor
- Blanco, Karen Keiner.
Of 'Briddes and Beestes': Chaucer's Use of Animal Imagery as a Means of Audience Influence in Four Major Poetic Works
- Published
- Dissertation Abstracts International 56 (1995): 920A.
- Description
- Writing for an audience that knew animals and animal lore well (from physical interaction, folklore, and religious tradition), Chaucer appealed to, influenced, and manipulated this lore in HF, PF, PT, and TC.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.
- House of Fame.
- Parliament of Fowls.
- Troilus and Criseyde.
- Nun's Priest and His Tale.