Chaucer's "Desert of Libye," Venus, and Jove ("The Hous of Fame," 486-87).
- Author / Editor
- Steadman, John M.
Chaucer's "Desert of Libye," Venus, and Jove ("The Hous of Fame," 486-87).
- Published
- Modern Language Notes 76.3 (1961): 196-201.
- Description
- Explores the mythological tradition which "linked Jupiter with the sands of Libya" as well as "Venus' association with the wilderness of Libya," helping to clarify Chaucer's reference to the "desert of Libye" in HF and his use of Virgil's "Aeneid" as a source.
- Chaucer Subjects
- House of Fame
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations