Chaucer and the Harp : Stringed Musical Instruments in The Canterbury Tales

Author / Editor
Bowen, Nancy E.

Title
Chaucer and the Harp : Stringed Musical Instruments in The Canterbury Tales

Published
DAI A68.01 (2007): n.p.

Description
Bowen considers the treatment of stringed instruments in Chaucer's Latin sources, their treatment as symbols of "celebration and peace" for characters in CT, and connections between the instruments and concepts of bodies. Stringed instruments "function as figurae" in Chaucer's work.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.