Chaucer and the Norse and Celtic Worlds
- Author / Editor
- McTurk, Rory.
Chaucer and the Norse and Celtic Worlds
- Published
- Aldershot, Hampshire; and Burlington, Ver. : Ashgate, 2005.
- Physical Description
- ix, 218 pp.
- Description
- Revives the idea that Chaucer visited Ireland between 1361 and 1366, placing new emphasis on the date of the Statute of Kilkenny. Identifies sources for Chaucer's works in Irish and Norse literatures. Observes parallels for HF in the "Topographia Hibernie" of Gerald of Wales, Snorri Sturluson's "Edda," and the Old Irish sagas "Fled Bricrend" and "Togail Bruidne Da Derga."
- Compares the journey as framework for a collection of tales in CT with Snorri's "Edda" and the Middle Irish saga "Acallam na Senórach." Argues that "Laxdœla Saga" and WBT descend from an Irish version of the Loathly Lady story and surmises that Chaucer's five-stress line may derive from the tradition of Irish song known as amhrán.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Life.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.
- House of Fame.
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
- Style and Versification.