Chaucer and Fame: Reputation and Reception

The questions of fame and reputation are central to Chaucer's writings; the essays here discuss their various treatments and manifestations.

Fama, or fame, is a central concern of late medieval literature: where fame came from, who deserved it, whether it was desirable and how it was acquired and kept. An interest in fame was not new but was renewed and rethought within the vernacular revolutions of the later Middle Ages.
The work of Geoffrey Chaucer collates received ideas on the subject o...