CHAUCER AT WOODSTOCK A THEME IN ENGLISH VERSE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
1997; Oxford University Press; Volume: XLVIII; Issue: 190 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/res/xlviii.190.157
ISSN1471-6968
Autores Tópico(s)Medieval Literature and History
ResumoTHERE is no end to unrecorded Chaucer allusions, and the only excuse for drawing attention to poetic allusions that seem to have escaped attention is that those quoted in this article are not merely typical of their age but form a subject of civilized reference to two men regarded as the foremost each in his mitier: John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, and Geoffrey Chaucer, according to tradition an earlier resident at Woodstock, 'our English Homer'. Their real or supposed connection with Woodstock brings them together as a theme of English glory fit for poetry. The Victoria County History says bluntly, 'The repeated allegation that Woodstock was the home of Geoffrey Chaucer is unfounded. The Fair Rosamund, who is not the subject of this paper though she creeps in from time to time, does better than Chaucer in the same volume: her historicity, as a resident of Woodstock, and how Henry II's love of Rosamund Clifford made him a frequent visitor to Woodstock Park, begins the account of the borough. The connection of Chaucer with Woodstock goes back at least to Camden's Britannia (1586); Holland renders the passage:2
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