Chaucer's Zodiac of Tales

Author / Editor
Rutledge, Sheryl P.

Title
Chaucer's Zodiac of Tales

Published
Costerus 9 (1973): 117-43.

Description
Argues that CT reflects "astrological schema" and traces the evidence of a single cycle of the twelve signs in GP (Aries and Taurus), KnT (Gemini), MilT (Cancer), RvT (Leo), CkT (Virgo), MLT (Libra), WBPT (Scorpio), FrT (Sagittarius), SumT (Capricorn), ClT (Aquarius), and MerT (Pisces), reading details of plot, character, and theme in light of astrological tradition.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General