Dumb Chaucer : The Aesthetics of Stupefaction in the Love Visions and 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Author / Editor
Dalton, John Paul.

Title
Dumb Chaucer : The Aesthetics of Stupefaction in the Love Visions and 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 60: 121A, 1999.

Description
In his love visions, Chaucer initially claims to be stupefied by love and love poetry. Dalton analyzes this topos-deriving from many sources, including Boethius, the Roman de la Rose, and poems of Machaut-in BD, HF, PF, and TC.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.
Book of the Duchess.
House of Fame.
Parliament of Fowls.
Troilus and Criseyde.