Dunbar's 'The Goldyn Targe' and the Question of the Auctoritates
- Author / Editor
- D'Agata D'Ottavi, Stefania.
Dunbar's 'The Goldyn Targe' and the Question of the Auctoritates
- Published
- Marco Fazzini, ed. Alba Literaria: A History of Scottish Literature (Venice: Amos Edizioni, 2005), pp. 45-63.
- Description
- Chaucer's four dream poems, especially PF and LGWP (both the F and G versions) are sources of Dunbar's "Golden Targe," although Dunbar's imagery owes much to CT, Anel, and Rom. Dunbar seeks innovation within tradition, and the praise he bestows on Chaucer shows that he wishes to have in Scottish literature the place that Chaucer has in English.
- Contributor
- Fazzini, Marco, ed.
- Alternative Title
- Alba Literaria: A History of Scottish Literature.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.