The Prophetic Eagle in Italy, England and Wales: Dante, Chaucer and Insular Political Prophecy.
- Author / Editor
- Flood, Victoria.
The Prophetic Eagle in Italy, England and Wales: Dante, Chaucer and Insular Political Prophecy.
- Published
- Helen Fulton, ed. Chaucer and Italian Culture (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2021), pp. 169-92.
- Description
- Examines the significance of the eagle as a "common symbol of empire in medieval political prophecy." Discusses how the "Dantean figure of the Eagle" in the "Inferno" is transformed by Chaucer into a "humorous--and human--personality" in HF.
- Alternative Title
- Chaucer and Italian Culture
- Chaucer Subjects
- House of Fame
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