TY - BOOK AU - Wood,Chauncey TI - Chaucer and the country of the stars: poetic uses of astrological imagery T2 - Princeton Legacy Library SN - 9781400872077 AV - PR1933 .C438 1970 PY - 1970/// CY - Princeton, New Jersey PB - Princeton University Press KW - English language KW - Middle English, 1100-1500 KW - Style KW - Astrology in literature KW - Stars in literature KW - Rhetoric, Medieval KW - Figures of speech KW - Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 KW - Knowledge KW - Occultism KW - Literary style KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 2; b N2 - Professor Wood examines in detail the astrological references in The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, and The Complaint of Mars, using mediaeval source materials not only to elucidate the technicalities of the imagery but also to analyze its poetic function. Originally published in 1970. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable pages UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=947073&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -