The Universe of Dryden's 'Fables'
- Author / Editor
- Garrison, James D.
The Universe of Dryden's 'Fables'
- Published
- SEL: Studies in English Literature 21 (1981): 409-23.
- Description
- Fire imagery and the theme of order in Dryden's adaptations of Homer, Ovid, Boccaccio, and Chaucer (KnT, WBT, NPT, and Parson) evince that his "Fables" centers thematically on "natural order characterized by the paradox of constant change."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
- Knight and His Tale
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale
- Nun's Priest and His Tale
- Parson and His Tale