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5159
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Clerkly Allusiveness: Griselda, Xanthippe, and the Woman of Samaria [The author traces many sacred and secular allusions in Chaucer’s "Clerk’s Tale," a narrative about the virtuous peasant Griselda. Some of the allusions in the tale connect Griselda to Biblical exemplars of feminine obedience and submission (such as the Virgin Mary, Rebecca, and the Samaritan woman), but other allusions connect her to secular figures of female disobedience like Xanthippe (the wife of Socrates) and the Wife of Bath. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Allegorica 12, ( 1991): Pages 17 - 27.
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Article Type:
Journal Article
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Allusion
Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet- Canterbury Tales- Clerk’s Tale
Griselda (Literary Figure)
Literature- Verse
Samaritan Woman (Biblical Figure)
Wife of Bath (Literary Figure)
Women in Literature
Xanthippe (Literary Figure)
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Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
14
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Year of Publication:
1991.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
03632377