The Historical Context of the 'Book of the Duchess:' A New Hypothesis
- Author / Editor
- Condren, Edward I.
The Historical Context of the 'Book of the Duchess:' A New Hypothesis
- Published
- Chaucer Review 5.3 (1971): 195-212.
- Description
- Challenges traditional dating of BD and identifications of its characters, arguing for 1377 as a date of composition (eight years after the death of Blanche) and reading Octovyen as both Edward III and John of Gaunt, the Black Knight as a younger Chaucer, and the narrator as the Chaucer who is contemporary with the poem and seeking patronage through it.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Book of the Duchess