'Dreme He Barefot, Dreme He Shod : Chaucer as Performer of Dream Visions
- Author / Editor
- Klitgard, Ebbe.
'Dreme He Barefot, Dreme He Shod : Chaucer as Performer of Dream Visions
- Published
- English Studies 81: 506-12, 2000.
- Description
- Chaucer was well aware that he was writing for an audience that read his poems aloud. In his four dream poems, he familiarizes his audience with the subject matter through communication strategies, including conversational interjections such as "that is to seyn." The poems are thus highly suited for oral performance.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Book of the Duchess.
- Parliament of Fowls.
- House of Fame.
- Legend of Good Women.