Afterlives: The Fabulous History of Venus

Author / Editor
Windeatt, Barry.

Title
Afterlives: The Fabulous History of Venus

Published
Charlotte Brewer and Barry Windeatt, eds. Traditions and Innovations in the Study of Middle English Literature: The Influence of Derek Brewer (Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, 2013), pp. 262-78.

Description
Explores the history and iconography of Venus and focuses on the theme of Venus in KnT, PF, and TC. Also maintains that "medieval Venus" stories greatly impacted Derek Brewer's writing and scholarly interests.

Alternative Title
Traditions and Innovations in the Study of Middle English Literature: The Influence of Derek Brewer.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale
Parliament of Fowls
Troilus and Criseyde