The House of Fame

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The House of Fame is a Middle English dream-vision poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that explores the nature of fame, rumor, and literary reputation through an allegorical journey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle English poem
allegorical poem
dream vision
approximateCompositionDate c. 1379–1380
author Geoffrey Chaucer
bookCount 3
compositionPeriod late 14th century
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England
exploresConcept construction of literary authority
epic and classical tradition
relationship between poet and audience
unreliability of rumor
featuresCharacter Eagle guide
Goddess Fame
Jupiter
Venus
featuresLocation The House of Fame self-linksurface differs
surface form: House of Fame

House of Rumor
genre allegory
dream vision
poetry
hasUnfinishedEnding true
influencedBy Dante Alighieri
Ovid
Virgil
influencedByWork Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
surface form: Dante's Divine Comedy

Ovid’s Metamorphoses
surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses

Virgil's Aeneid
language Middle English
literaryForm narrative poem
literaryMovement Middle English literature
literaryPeriod medieval literature
mainTheme authority in literature
fame
instability of truth
literary reputation
rumor
meter octosyllabic couplets
narrativeMode first-person narration
narrator Geoffrey
surface form: Geffrey
nationalLiterature English literature
protagonist Geoffrey
surface form: Geffrey
relatedWorkByAuthor The Canterbury Tales
Parliament of Fowls
surface form: The Parliament of Fowls

Troilus and Criseyde
rhymeScheme rhyming couplets
scholarlyReception important for study of Chaucer's early poetic career
setting dream vision landscape
status possibly unfinished
structure three books

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Geoffrey Chaucer notableWork The House of Fame
Ricardian poets associatedWithWork The House of Fame
The House of Fame featuresLocation The House of Fame self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: House of Fame
Eagle guide appearsIn The House of Fame
Eagle guide workTitleFull The House of Fame
this entity surface form: The House of Fame (also spelled The Hous of Fame)
House of Rumor appearsInWork The House of Fame
House of Rumor appearsInWork The House of Fame
this entity surface form: The Hous of Fame