Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 7084
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Spahr , Blake Lee.
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  • Title: Rivalry, Rape, and Manhood: Gower and Chaucer (the author uses Gower's "Story of Philomela" to read a scene in "Troilus and Criseyde")
  • Source: Violence Against Women in Medieval Texts.  Edited by Anna Roberts.  University Press of Florida, 1998.  Pages 137 - 160.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet- Troilus and Criseyde Gower, John, Poet- Confessio Amantis Literature- Verse Philomela (Literary Figure) Rape in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 14
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley
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  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0813015669