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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2015 Regents of the University of Colorado
- ISSN
- 0013-8282
- eISSN
- 2573-3575
- DOI
- 10.1215/00138282-53.2.103
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
( I m ) m a t e r i a l i t y a n d C h a u c e r ’ s T e m p l e o f M a r s C r i s t i n a M a r i a C e r v o n e haucer's ekphrastic d e scrip tio n o f the te m p le o f M ars in "T h e K nigh t's Tale" has generated much discussio n. It presents a dark, th re a te n in g v ie w o f a w o rld w ith o u t a C h ristian God, d ra w n in itia lly fo llo w in g the lines o f Chaucer's source, Boccaccio's Teseida, but w ith slig h t, and then increasing, va ria tio n s th a t fro m the ve ry b e g in n in g "e s ta b lish a c la u s tro p h o b ic and th re a te n in g sense o f evil w h
Journal
English Language Notes – Duke University Press
Published: Sep 1, 2015