The Death of 'The Book of the Duchess'

Author / Editor
Ellis, Steve.

Title
The Death of 'The Book of the Duchess'

Published
Chaucer Review 29 (1995): 249-58.

Description
BD should be given Chaucer's own title (LGW 418): "The Death of Blanche." Chaucer's title is more fitting for a poem of anti-consolation that emphasizes "death's power over the loveliest visions of youth and happiness."

Chaucer Subjects
Book of the Duchess.