The Book of the Duchess
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The Book of the Duchess is a Middle English dream-vision poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that elegizes the death of Blanche of Lancaster and is considered one of his earliest major works.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Book of the Duchess canonical | 5 |
| The Book of the Duchess by Geoffrey Chaucer | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle English poem
ⓘ
dream vision ⓘ elegy ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | The Deth of Blaunche the Duchesse ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | circa 1368 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | John of Gaunt ⓘ |
| author | Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ |
| commemorates | Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ |
| containsAllusionTo |
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
ⓘ
surface form:
Ovid's Metamorphoses
the story of Ceyx and Alcyone ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dateWritten | late 1360s ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
allegorical figures
ⓘ
courtly knight ⓘ |
| form | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| genre |
dream vision poetry
ⓘ
elegiac poetry ⓘ |
| honors | Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French courtly poetry
ⓘ
Ovidian narrative ⓘ |
| isConsidered | one of Chaucer's earliest major works ⓘ |
| isEarlyWorkOf | Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poem ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | medieval English literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Middle English
ⓘ
surface form:
Middle English period
|
| literarySignificance |
early example of Chaucerian dream vision
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important for study of Chaucer's poetic development ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
the Black Knight
ⓘ
the Dreamer ⓘ
surface form:
the dreamer-narrator
|
| manuscriptTradition | survives in a small number of medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| meter | octosyllabic couplets ⓘ |
| narrativeFrame | dream vision ⓘ |
| occasion | death of Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ |
| openingDevice | insomnia of the narrator ⓘ |
| placeInChaucerCanon | early major poem ⓘ |
| setting | a dream-forest ⓘ |
| studiedIn | medieval English literature courses ⓘ |
| subject |
consolation
ⓘ
death of Blanche of Lancaster ⓘ grief ⓘ mourning ⓘ |
| theme |
courtly love
ⓘ
loss ⓘ memory ⓘ the limits of language ⓘ |
| title | The Book of the Duchess self-link ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Book of the Duchess by Geoffrey Chaucer
subject surface form:
the Black Knight (The Book of the Duchess)