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Time and the Astrolabe in the Canterbury Tales
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Time and the Astrolabe in the Canterbury Tales

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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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Format
Hardback
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Country
United States
Date
26 August 2002
Pages
372
ISBN
9780806134031

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.

Read More
Format
Hardback
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Country
United States
Date
26 August 2002
Pages
372
ISBN
9780806134031