The Dream as a Literary Framework in the Works of Chaucer, Langland, and the Pearl Poet.
- Author / Editor
- Higgs, Elton Dale
The Dream as a Literary Framework in the Works of Chaucer, Langland, and the Pearl Poet.
- Published
- Dissertation Abstracts International 27.04 (1966): 1030-31A.
- Description
- Describes the conventions of late-medieval English "literary dreams," and explores how Chaucer, William Langland, and the "Pearl"-poet exploit the "potentialities of the form," including discussion of the development of the dream narrator in BD, HF, PF, and LGWP, with attention to the narrator's naiveté and Chaucer's uses of comedy.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Book of the Duchess
House of Fame
Parliament of Fowls
Legend of Good Women