Symbol and Theme in Chaucer's Vision Poems.

Author / Editor
Baker, Donald Craig.

Title
Symbol and Theme in Chaucer's Vision Poems.

Published
Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Oklahoma, 1954. Dissertation Abstracts International A64.11. Fully accessible via ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (accessed May 7, 2026).

Description
Examines the imagery, symbols, and themes of BD, HF, PF, and LGW, focusing on the themes of love (courtly and spiritual) and the poet's responsibilities in depicting love, with attention to various aspects of style, form, and structure, and recurrent attention to source materials.

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification
Book of the Duchess
Parliament of Fowls
House of Fame
Legend of Good Women
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations