"The Pattern of His Fancies": The Rhetoric of Chaucer's Dream Visions in the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Author / Editor
Davis, Deborah Ann.

Title
"The Pattern of His Fancies": The Rhetoric of Chaucer's Dream Visions in the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Published
Ph.D. Dissertation. Texas Women's University, 1984. Freely Accessible at https://twu-ir.tdl.org/items/668fcba6-645b-4fcf-a8e3-1ef1c6f4ff36; accessed November 14, 2023.

Physical Description
viii, 387 pp.

Description
Argues from internal and external evidence "that there is the strong possibility" that Chaucer's dream visions (BD, HF, PF, and LGWP) influenced five early works by F. Scott Fitzgerald: "The Offshore Pirate" (1920), "The Ice Palace (1920), "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" (1922), "The Vegetable; Or, From President To Postman" (1923), and "The Great Gatsby" (1925). Focuses on aspects of structure, style, and theme.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Book of the Duchess
House of Fame
Parliament of Fowls
Legend of Good Women