A study of how the use of Ovid in Middle English texts affected Shakespeare's treatment of the poet Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Note on References and Transcriptions -- Introduction -- 1 Chaucer's Ghoast, Ovid's...
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A study of how the use of Ovid in Middle English texts affected Shakespeare's treatment of the poet Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Note on References and Transcriptions -- Introduction -- 1 Chaucer's Ghoast, Ovid's 'Pleasant Fables', and the Spectre of Gower -- 2 Shakespeare's Ovid and Sly's Chaucer -- 3 Theseus and Ariadne (and her Sister) -- 4 Philomela and the Dread of Dawn -- 5 The Cross-Dressed Narcissus -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: The Gowerian Riddles of Chaucer's Ghoast -- Appendix 2: Ariadne's Desertion in Bulleins Bulwarke of Defence -- Bibliography -- Index
