The Chamber, the Man in Black, and the Structure of Chaucer's 'Book of the Duchess'

Author / Editor
Ciccone, Nancy.

Title
The Chamber, the Man in Black, and the Structure of Chaucer's 'Book of the Duchess'

Published
Chaucer Review 44 (2009): 205-23.

Description
In its evocations of a "locus amoenus," "fin' amors," and Aeneas, the dream chamber in BD serves as a "structural analogue" to the Man in Black's autobiography, which narrates an idyllic youth, describes falling in love, and refers to the duties of leadership. In turn, this analogue puts Chaucer's early poetic "craft" on display as "an investigation into the relationship between art and life."

Chaucer Subjects
Book of the Duchess
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations