The Mythographic Chaucer: The Fabulations of Sexual Politics

Author / Editor
Chance, Jane.

Title
The Mythographic Chaucer: The Fabulations of Sexual Politics

Published
Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 1995

Physical Description
xxix, 378 pp.

Description
Examines Chaucer's astrological and mythological allusions in light of medieval mythographic commentaries, arguing that such analysis discloses "embarrassing secrets."
Assesses MLP and ManT as indicators of Chaucer's concern with poetic disguise and explores aspects of love and gender in BD, LGW, HF, and PF.
While the surface love story in TC shields darker concerns of gender and family, CT also contains social, sexual, and political depths implicit in its mythographic allusions and patterns.
Includes discussuion of KnT, WBPT, MerT, FranT, PhyT, PardPT, and Ret.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.