Chaucer's legendary good women / Florence Percival
- Bib ID:
- 315157
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- Book
- Author:
- Percival, Florence
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- Description:
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- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998
- xii, 338 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0521416558 (hardback)
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 38.
- Full contents:
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- I. Chaucer's Good Woman. 1. The Good Woman: the daisy. 2. Alceste: the Good Woman of legend. 3. The Good Woman: a legendary beast?
- II. The God of Love. 4. The God of Love. 5. The accusation. 6. The defence: tyrants of Lombardy. 7. The defence: matere and entente
- III. The Palinode. 8. The Palinode
- IV. The Legends of good women. 9. Ariadne: the ladies and the critics. 10. Medea: the ladies and their reputations. 11. Cleopatra: legend of Cupid's saint. 12. Dido: composite woman. 13. Lucrece: too good to be true? 14. Phyllis and inherited male perfidy
- V. The Legend as courtly game. 15. The Legend as courtly game.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Legend of good women
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Political and social views
- Civilization, Medieval -- Classical influences
- Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500
- Mythology, Classical, in literature
- Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500
- Women in literature
- Women -- Mythology
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