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372 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780806134031
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date: 26 August 2002
Description
Marijane Osborn demonstrates that Chaucer structured the Canterbury Tales after the astrolabe, an Arabic Islamic time-keeping device. Chaucer's fascination with this device also accounts for the sense of time and astronomy in the Tales.
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372 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780806134031
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date: 26 August 2002
Description
Marijane Osborn demonstrates that Chaucer structured the Canterbury Tales after the astrolabe, an Arabic Islamic time-keeping device. Chaucer's fascination with this device also accounts for the sense of time and astronomy in the Tales.
Community Reviews
Content Warnings