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Title
Colored green: reading fortune in three of Chaucer's Canterbury tales
Description
This study looks at Geoffrey Chaucer's use of the color green as it appears in regards to the settings and antagonists of three of the Canterbury Tales: the Wife of Bath's Tale, the Friar's Tale, and the Merchant's Tale. Following the allegorical approach, it argues that the color green in these tales is symbolic of Fortune, modeled upon Boethian philosophy and the allegory of Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun's thirteenth century French poem, The Romance of the Rose. It suggests, furthermore, that Fortune is a potential overarching theme of the Canterbury Tales, and that the tales, in turn, should be read as a cohesive unit.
Date Created
2014
Contributors
- Lemman, Krista (Author)
- Sturges, Robert (Thesis advisor)
- Maring, Heather (Committee member)
- Corse, Douglas (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
Resource Type
Extent
iii, 47 p
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.24889
Statement of Responsibility
by Krista Lemman
Description Source
Viewed on June 27, 2014
Level of coding
full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: M.A., Arizona State University, 2014
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-47)
Field of study: English
System Created
- 2014-06-09 02:09:18
System Modified
- 2021-08-30 01:35:30
- 3 years 2 months ago
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