Chaucer's Chain of LoveThis book traces the thematic and structural implication for Chaucer's poetry of the chain of love between God and his creation, an image used by the Platonist philosophers of Chaucer's day, as well as by the church as a metaphor for God's providential love. As a structural principle, the chain of love is the intermediary between constituents of time, space, and words. |
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... take precedence over the religious devotion which exer- cises the eye of faith . One is reminded of Theophrastus's ... takes a devotional stance ( 51-59 ) ; and , by describing the daisy as a woman , he links an outer appearance of a ...
... take precedence over the religious devotion which exer- cises the eye of faith . One is reminded of Theophrastus's ... takes a devotional stance ( 51-59 ) ; and , by describing the daisy as a woman , he links an outer appearance of a ...
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... take into account is its pertinence to the Prioress's office of mediation between two worlds , no matter how heavily ... takes on different substance in the Christian here - and - now of fourteenth - century England . That difference is ...
... take into account is its pertinence to the Prioress's office of mediation between two worlds , no matter how heavily ... takes on different substance in the Christian here - and - now of fourteenth - century England . That difference is ...
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... takes a wife's stance toward her lover , swearing upon Juno , the goddess of marriage , to be true to Troilus ( 4 , 1538 ) . 28. Apollo , who with Poseidon built the walls of Troy but never received pay , is associated with the fate of ...
... takes a wife's stance toward her lover , swearing upon Juno , the goddess of marriage , to be true to Troilus ( 4 , 1538 ) . 28. Apollo , who with Poseidon built the walls of Troy but never received pay , is associated with the fate of ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Loves Progressions and Successions | 40 |
The Legend of Good | 57 |
Copyright | |
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Alceste amor Arcite argues Arveragus Aurelius body Boece Boethius Boethius's bond of love Cambridge Canon's Canterbury Canterbury Tales chain of love Chaucer's Chaucer's day Chaucer's poetry Chauntecleer ChauR Christ Christian cites Clerk cosmic courtly creation Criseyde Dante Dante's divine Dorigen dream eternal explains fictional figure Franklin's Tale gentilesse Geoffrey Chaucer God's grace Grisilde Grisilde's Harry heaven idea invisible Jill Mann John Jupiter Knight's tale language Legend London love's man's marriage meaning mediates Medieval Miller's narrative nature Oxford Pandarus Pardoner's Parliament of Fowls Parson Philosophy pilgrimage pilgrims Platonic poem poet Poetics Princeton Prologue purgatory quest Saturn says sense sexual shal sight soul Speculum spiritual story tale of Melibee Theseus Theseus's things Thopas Thopas's thynges Timaeus Troilus Troilus and Criseyde Troilus's University Press Venus Virgin virtue Walter Wife of Bath Wife's woman womb women words