The Deth of Blaunche the Duchesse
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The Deth of Blaunche the Duchesse is a Middle English dream-vision poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that elegizes Blanche of Lancaster and is considered his first major work.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Deth of Blaunche the Duchesse canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle English poem
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dream vision ⓘ elegy ⓘ narrative poem ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Book of the Duchess ⓘ |
| approximateLength | about 1334 lines ⓘ |
| associatedWith | House of Lancaster ⓘ |
| author | Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
consolation
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courtly love ⓘ grief ⓘ mourning ⓘ |
| commemorates | Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | John of Gaunt ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition |
circa 1368
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circa 1369 ⓘ |
| elegizes | Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | the Black Knight ⓘ |
| genre |
dream vision
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elegy ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter |
Duchess
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surface form:
Blanche the Duchess
|
| historicalContext | written after the death of Blanche of Lancaster in 1368 ⓘ |
| honors | Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French dream-vision poetry
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Guillaume de Machaut ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poem ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Middle English literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered Geoffrey Chaucer's first major work ⓘ |
| manuscriptTradition | survives in a small number of manuscripts ⓘ |
| meter | octosyllabic couplets ⓘ |
| mode | allegorical ⓘ |
| narrativeFrame | first-person dreamer ⓘ |
| narrator | unnamed dreamer ⓘ |
| occasion | death of Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ |
| originalTitle | The Deth of Blaunche the Duchesse self-link ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chaucerian tradition
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surface form:
Chaucerian canon
|
| placeInAuthorCorpus | early work of Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ |
| primarySubject | Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | rhyming couplets ⓘ |
| setting | dream vision ⓘ |
| studiedIn | medieval English literature courses ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
dialogue between dreamer and mourner
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loss of a beloved wife ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 14th century courtly milieu ⓘ |
| writtenFor | John of Gaunt ⓘ |
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