A Mirror for Arthur Gorges: Spenser's 'Daphnaida'
- Author / Editor
- Oram, William A.
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