Astrology and English Literature

Author / Editor
Kitson, Annabella.

Title
Astrology and English Literature

Published
Contemporary Review 269 (1996): 200-07.

Description
Illustrates a variety of ways astrology has been used in literature, drawing examples from Chaucer, Shakespeare, John Webster, and Samuel Beckett. Cites examples from Mars, MilT, and FranT, as well as Hypermnestra in LGW.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Miller and His Tale.
Franklin and His Tale.
Legend of Good Women.
Complaint of Mars.