Ancient Chaucer: Temporalities of Fame.

Published: Isabel Davis and Catherine Nall, eds. Chaucer and Fame: Reputation and Reception (Cambridge; D. S. Brewer, 2015), pp. 201-20.

Description: Explores the "reciprocal status of antiquity and celebrity" in the reception of Chaucer, his "construction (and self-construction) as a vernacular authority," and the relations of fame and temporality in his works, especially MLP. Recurrent concerns with time, time-passing, and old age inflect his characterizations and his Ovidian poetics. Includes comments on early modern canon formation, Byron's views of Chaucer, and a 2011 on-demand reprint of HF by Nabu Press.

Chaucer Subjects: Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
House of Fame
Man of Law and His Tales
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations