Geoffrey's Credo: 'House of Fame,' Lines 1873-82
- Author / Editor
- Burrow, John.
Geoffrey's Credo: 'House of Fame,' Lines 1873-82
- Published
- ChauR 48.03 (2014): 251-57
- Description
- Details two meanings of Chaucer's idea of "fame" in lines 1873-82 of HF: either living a "private, unnoticed life," or not looking for "glory as a poet." Compares Book II to Alexander's Pope's "The Temple of Fame."
- Chaucer Subjects
- House of Fame
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