Proserpinan Memory in Dante and Chaucer
- Author / Editor
- Kerr, John M.
Proserpinan Memory in Dante and Chaucer
- Published
- Dissertation Abstracts International 62: 163A, 2001.
- Description
- Dante and Chaucer elaborate on the three aspects of the classical goddess who appears as "Proserpina in hell, Diana on earth, and Luna" in heaven. Medieval commentary associates her with memory. Chaucer treats her recurrently, sometimes parodically, in HF, PF, LGW, KnT, WBT, MerT, FranT, and ManT.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.
- House of Fame.
- Parliament of Fowls.
- Legend of Good Women.
- Knight and His Tale.
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
- Merchant and His Tale.
- Franklin and His Tale.
- Manciple and His Tale.