A Mirror for Arthur Gorges: Spenser's 'Daphnaida'

Author / Editor
Oram, William A.

Title
A Mirror for Arthur Gorges: Spenser's 'Daphnaida'

Published
David A. Richardson, and A Kent Hieatt, eds. Spenser at Kalamazoo: Proceedings from a Special Session at the Thirteenth Conference on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan, 5-6 May 1978 (Cleveland: Cleveland State University, 1978), pp. 238-53.

Description
Comparative analysis evinces how Spenser adapts Chaucer's BD in creating his "Daphnaida." The impact changes, however, as Chaucer's "Man in Black presents Gaunt with an idealized version of himself," while Spenser's poem presents his friend, Arthur Gorges, "with a quiet warning."

Contributor
Richardson, David A., ed.
Hieatt, A. Kent, intro.

Alternative Title
Spenser at Kalamazoo: Proceedings from a Special Session at the Thirteenth Conference on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan, 5-6 May 1978.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Book of the Duchess