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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House of Fame | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Middle English poem
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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
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epic and classical tradition ⓘ relationship between poet and audience ⓘ unreliability of rumor ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Eagle guide
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Goddess Fame ⓘ Jupiter ⓘ Venus ⓘ |
| featuresLocation |
The House of Fame
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
House of Fame
House of Rumor ⓘ |
| genre |
allegory
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dream vision ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| hasUnfinishedEnding | true ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Dante Alighieri
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Ovid ⓘ Virgil ⓘ |
| influencedByWork |
Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
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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
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fame ⓘ instability of truth ⓘ literary reputation ⓘ rumor ⓘ |
| meter | octosyllabic couplets ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrator |
Geoffrey
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surface form:
Geffrey
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| nationalLiterature | English literature ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Geoffrey
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surface form:
Geffrey
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| relatedWorkByAuthor |
The Canterbury Tales
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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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this entity surface form:
House of Fame