The Sovereignty of Octovyen in the "Book of the Duchess."

Author / Editor
Carson, M. Angela.

Title
The Sovereignty of Octovyen in the "Book of the Duchess."

Published
Annuale Mediaevale 8 (1967): 46-58.

Description
Argues that BD draws on Welsh mythology for a number of its details including the king named Octavian, the hunt motif, and the "white castle on a rich hill." King Octavian is a "composite figure" with several onomastic resonances.

Chaucer Subjects
Book of the Duchess
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations