The Structure of 'The Book of the Duchess'
- Author / Editor
- Eldredge, Laurence.
The Structure of 'The Book of the Duchess'
- Published
- Revue de l'UniversiteĢ de Ottawa 39 (1969): 132-51.
- Description
- Observes evidence of "ring composition" in BD, especially in parallels among the Dreamer, Alcyone, and the Black Knight, and a centralizing focus on the "conflict between Fortune and Nature." Also considers love, the he(a)rt-hunting motif, and the impact of the poem on the audience as a form of consolation.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Book of the Duchess