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  • Record Number: 18028
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Huot , Sylvia.
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  • Title: The Daisy and the Laurel: Myths of Desire and Creativity in the Poetry of John Froissart [Froissart’s poetic persona fuses the identities of the cleric and the lover, and thus his poetry is both learned and secular. He adapts Ovidian myths (particularly those focusing on Apollo, a figure of both poetry and wisdom) to construct a mythographic basis for his intellectualized poetic identity and love psychology. At the same time, he adapts numerous mythic allusions to transform the daisy into a symbol of erotic desire, loss, and memory. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source URL: Yale French Studies (Full Text via JSTOR) (1991): 240-251. Special Editions: Style and Values in Medieval Art and Literature.Link Info target = '_blank'>Yale French Studies (Full Text via JSTOR) (1991): 240-251. Special Editions: Style and Values in Medieval Art and Literature.Link Info
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Allusion Apollo (Mythological Figure) Classical Influences Flowers Froissart, Jean, Chronicler- Joli Buisson de Jonece Desire Literature- Verse Love in Literature Mourning in Literature Mythology- Classical Ovid, Ancient Poet- Metamorphoses
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  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 14
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  • Year of Publication: 1991.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00440078
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