Astronomy in Literature: Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Longfellow.
- Author / Editor
- Olson, Donald W.
Astronomy in Literature: Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Longfellow.
- Published
- Investigating Art, History, and Literature with Astronomy: Determining Time, Place, and Other Hidden Details Linked to the Stars (Cham: Springer, 2022), pp. 288-323; illus.
- Description
- Includes discussion of the reference to Boetes (the constellation Boötes) in Bo, IV, met. 5, explaining the astronomy underlying the "puzzle" found in Boethius's original reference and in Chaucer's translation.
- Alternative Title
- Investigating Art, History, and Literature with Astronomy: Determining Time, Place, and Other Hidden Details Linked to the Stars
- Chaucer Subjects
- Boece