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  • Record Number: 2377
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Johnson , Lynn Staley.
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  • Title: Chaucer's Tale of the Second Nun and the Strategies of Dissent [The article considers the way Chaucer uses the Saint Cecilia legend to comment upon the status of the Church’s moral authority in the late fourteenth century. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
  • Source: Studies in Philology 89, 3 (Summer 1992): Pages 314 - 333.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Cecilia, Saint in Literature Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet- Canterbury Tales- Second Nun's Tale Ecclesiastical Reform Literature- Verse
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 14
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  • Author's Affiliation: Colgate University
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  • Year of Publication: 1992.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00393738