Further Adventures of the Celestial Sleuth: Using Astronomy to Solve More Mysteries in Art, History, and Literature.
- Author / Editor
- Olson, Donald W.
Further Adventures of the Celestial Sleuth: Using Astronomy to Solve More Mysteries in Art, History, and Literature.
- Published
- Cham: Springer, 2018.
- Physical Description
- xiv, 334 pp.; b&w and color illus.
- Description
- Includes discussion of MerT that explains Chaucer's precision in using astronomical data for poetic purposes. Suggests that Chaucer used Alfonsine tables, and aligns the astronomical details and imagery of MerT with celestial events that occurred in April, May, and June of 1389.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Merchant and His Tale
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