Chaucer's Fortune in the 1530's : Some Sixteenth-Century Recycling

Author / Editor
Boffey, Julia.

Title
Chaucer's Fortune in the 1530's : Some Sixteenth-Century Recycling

Published
Anne Marie D'Arcy and Alan J. Fletcher, eds. Studies in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Texts in Honour of John Scattergood (Dublin: Four Courts, 2005), pp. 53-64.

Description
Discusses William Calverley's "Dyalogue Bitwene the Playntife and the Defendaunt" (ca. 1530-35?) in light of the "Boethian motif of the prisoner of fortune," discussing Chaucer's influence, especially among printers interested in religious or political commentary.

Alternative Title
Studies in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Texts in Honour of John Scattergood.

Chaucer Subjects
Fortune.
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.