Chaucer's Use of the Pagan God Jove

Author / Editor
Potter, Joyce Elizabeth.

Title
Chaucer's Use of the Pagan God Jove

Published
DAI 33.03 (1972): 1147A.

Description
Divides Chaucer's allusions to Jove into two groups: those that present him as dream-like or fantastic and those that present him as actual or historical. Chaucer consistently presents Jove in allegorical ways even when he does not relegate him to the "world of fantasy."

Chaucer Subjects
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