Further Adventures of the Celestial Sleuth: Using Astronomy to Solve More Mysteries in Art, History, and Literature.

Author / Editor
Olson, Donald W.

Title
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
Style and Versification