Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. A Note on Names, Sources, and Translations xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 “Comment ot nom”: Allegory and Authorship in the Roman de la Rose and the Pèlerinage de la Vie Humaine 19
8. 2 “What so myn auctour mente”: Allegory and Authorship in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Dreams 59
9. 3 “Thereof was I noon auctour”: Allegory and Thomas Hoccleve’s Authority 103
10. 4 Verba Translatoris: Allegory and John Lydgate’s Literary Tradition 139
11. Coda 173
12. Bibliography 177
13. Index 197