'Daphnaida' and Spenser's Later Poetry
- Author / Editor
- Oram, William A.
'Daphnaida' and Spenser's Later Poetry
- Published
- Spenser Studies 2 (1981):141-58.
- Description
- Modeled on Chaucer's BD, although reshaped "radically," Spenser's "Daphnaida" is less a "traditional lament" than a "warning against grieving too much." Compares and contrasts the two poems to clarify their similarities and differences, and discusses "Daphnaida" as a transitional poem in Spenser's career.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.
- Book of the Duchess