The Sundial.
- Author / Editor
- Jackson, Shirley.
The Sundial.
- Published
- New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958.
- Physical Description
- 245 pp.
- Description
- A novel of family tensions, centering on death, possessiveness, and the legacy of a household estate. A central image is the sundial of the title, on display in the family library. Inscribed on the sundial is a half-line quotation of KnT 1.2777: “What is this world?”
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Knight and His Tale