Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 1997 Love, death and poetry: epidemic intertextualities in Chaucer's Book of the Duchess and Tony Kushner's Angels in America Kelly Anne Munger Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Part of the English Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Munger, Kelly Anne, "Love, death and poetry: epidemic intertextualities in Chaucer's Book of the Duchess and Tony Kushner's Angels in America" (1997). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 16201. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/16201 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Love, death and poetry: Epidemic intertextualities in Chaucer's Book of the Duchess and Tony Kushner's Angels in America by Kelly Anne Munger A thesis submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS Major: English (Literature) Major Professor: Susan L. Carlson Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1997 ii Graduate College Iowa State University This is to certify that the Master's thesis of Kell y Anne Munger has met the requirements of Iowa State University Signatures have been redacted for privacy For the Graduate College III In memoriam: Cary Gold (1960-1994) Donnie Jackson (1958-1992) Tracy Mure (1964-1990) iv TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1.