Pope and Chaucer: Reconstructing "The House of Fame" in the Reign of Queen Anne.

Author / Editor
Cousins, A. D.

Title
Pope and Chaucer: Reconstructing "The House of Fame" in the Reign of Queen Anne.

Published
A. D. Cousins and Daniel Derrin, eds. Alexander Pope in the Reign of Queen Anne: Reconsiderations of His Early Career (New York: Routledge, 2021), pp. 113-36.

Description
Argues that in his reworking of HF as "The Temple of Fame," Alexander Pope "comprehensively repudiates the inconclusiveness" of Chaucer's work. Where Chaucer suggests "the contradictions and confusions" of literary tradition and authority, Pope assumes authority and "almost entirely excludes hesitancy and ambiguity from his consideration."

Contributor
Cousins, A. D., ed.
Derrin, Daniel,ed,

Alternative Title
Alexander Pope in the Reign of Queen Anne: Reconsiderations of His Early Career

Chaucer Subjects
House of Fame
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