Kalenderes Enlumyned Ben They. Some Astronomical Themes in Chaucer (Parts [I]-III)

Description: Shows that Chaucer's references to "planetary, solar, and lunar configurations, " though usually "veiled," add complex dimensions to his plots and may help us to establish dates for several of his works; discusses Mars, TC, PF, LGW (Hypermnestra), and portions of CT (KnT, MLPT, WBP, MerT, FranT, SqT, NPT, and ParsP). Also describes Chaucer's knowledge of astrology and astronomy, considering Astr, his uses of technical almanacs and calendars (particularly that of Nicholas of Lynn), and the possibility that he wrote Equat. Includes a Select Glossary of technical terms (pp. 135-37).

Chaucer Subjects: Complaint of Mars; Troilus and Criseyde; Parliament of Fowls; Legend of Good Women; Knight and His Tale; Man of Law and His Tale; Wife of Bath and Her Tale; Merchant and His Tale; Franklin and His Tale; Squire and HIs Tale; Nun's Priest and His Tale; Parson and His Tale; Treatise on the Astrolabe; Equatorie of the Planetis; Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations; Chaucer's Life; Language and Word Studies