Chaucer's Pilgrims : The Allegory
- Author / Editor
- Cullen, Dolores (L.)
Chaucer's Pilgrims : The Allegory
- Published
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Fithian, 2000.
- Physical Description
- 423 pp.
- Description
- Cullen's third volume on CT claims the work is an allegory reflecting Chaucer's preoccupation with astronomy/astrology. The Pilgrims, who congregate at sunset, correspond to the constellations and planets-celestial "pilgrims" traveling across the sky. The Canon appears later and departs like a comet. Chaucer was concerned with the end of time, although he shows that the date of the final day "cannot be discovered by the mind of man; it's a waste of time."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General.
- Canon's Yeoman and His Tale.