1. Three Faces Of Aeneas
Three Faces of Aeneas: The Gladiatorial Combat of auctores in Chaucer's House of Fame Dependence on literary tradition established by the textual legacy of prestigious Latin authors characterized the period of the composition of the House of Fame, one of Geoffrey Chaucer's early works. ... The House of Fame reveals Chaucer's awareness of the problem. ... Chaucer places his rendering of the Aeneas and Dido episode within a dream-vision. ... Furthermore, the form may permit Chaucer to fulfil his own dream: to elevate himself from the position of the mere makere' to ...
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