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Chaucer and the Tradition of Fame
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Chaucer and the Tradition of Fame : Symbolism in The House of Fame

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Format Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10 0691623902
ISBN-13 9780691623900
Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Country of Manufacture US
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Dec 8th, 2015
Print length 302 Pages
Weight 28 grams
Ksh 7,550.00
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The author's aim is to "restore to the reading of the poem a background of medieval meanings familiar enough to Chaucer's contemporary reader but almost lost to the modem." Mr. Koonce believes that fame was a clearly defined Christian concept in the Middle Ages, and his interpretation of Chaucer's allegory proceeds from that central focus. Origina

The author''s aim is to "restore to the reading of the poem a background of medieval meanings familiar enough to Chaucer’s contemporary reader but almost lost to the modem." Mr. Koonce believes that fame was a clearly defined Christian concept in the Middle Ages, and his interpretation of Chaucer’s allegory proceeds from that central focus.

Originally published in 1966.

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