"Unstabled, according to the place": Setting and Convention in Chaucerian Dream Poetry.
- Author / Editor
- Reinbold, Charlotte Rose Alice.
"Unstabled, according to the place": Setting and Convention in Chaucerian Dream Poetry.
- Published
- Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Cambridge, 2017. Abstract available at https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/e26e369b-4069-465e-a00d-49e07967cbcd (accessed February 22, 2026); full-text embargoed until January 1, 2400.
- Description
- Argues "that conventions of setting, familiar themes or locations which create expectations in the reader about the content of the dream itself, provide a valuable and largely overlooked perspective upon the genre of Chaucerian dream poetry." Considers "conventional settings such as the temple of glass" and "the dream in its broader setting or context, as autobiographical reflection, mnemonic device, and simultaneous lament for the ephemeral nature of literature and attempt to preserve oneself for posterity."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Bckground and General Criticism