The Christian Significance of the Astrological Tradition: A Study of the Literary Use of Astral Symbolism in English Literature from Chaucer to Spenser

Author / Editor
Collins, Robert Arnold.

Title
The Christian Significance of the Astrological Tradition: A Study of the Literary Use of Astral Symbolism in English Literature from Chaucer to Spenser

Published
DAI 31.01 (1970): 353A.

Description
Assesses astrological imagery in works by Chaucer, Lydgate, Henryson, Lyly, Greene, and Spenser, including discussion of how the zodiacal signs of Aries, Taurus, and Gemini suggest "symbolic re-enactment of sin" and provide "ironic commentary" in Mars, TC, and WBP.

Chaucer Subjects
Complaint of Mars
Troilus and Criseyde
Wife of Bath and Her Tale