Article ID: CBB000053173

The magic of machinery: A context for Chaucer's Franklin's tale (1985)

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Description “It is the purpose of this study to suggest that the magic tricks in The Franklin's tale were chosen to correspond with...contemporary automated devices.”


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Authors & Contributors
North, John David
Voigts, Linda Ehrsam
Eisner, Sigmund
Edwards, A. S. G.
Hanna, Ralph
Lawler, Traugott
Journals
Journal of the British Astronomical Association
Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
English Language Notes
Dissertation Abstracts International. A
Stud. Age Chaucer
Sudhoffs Archiv: Zeitschrift fuer Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Publishers
Rutgers University Press
University Press of Florida
Clarendon Press
Duquesne University Press
Cornell University Press
Ohio State University
Concepts
Science
Astronomy
Spherical astronomy; astrometry
Measuring instruments
Optics
Cartography
People
Chaucer, Geoffrey
Mandeville, John
Trevisa, John
Shakespeare, William
Time Periods
Medieval
Renaissance
14th century
15th century
Places
British Isles
England
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