Which of Chaucer's works is written in the form of a dream vision and commemorates the death of Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster?
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Correct answer: The Book of the Duchess
The Book of the Duchess is Chaucer's first major long poem, composed as an elegy for Blanche of Lancaster, the wife of John of Gaunt. It uses the dream vision convention to explore themes of grief and consolation.
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