Chaucer's Transformations of The Legend of Philomela in The Legend of Good Women
- Author / Editor
- Oka, Saburo.
Chaucer's Transformations of The Legend of Philomela in The Legend of Good Women
- Published
- Thought Currents in English 63 (1990): 79-109.
- Description
- The tale of Philomela involves a love triangle of one male and two females. Chaucer's narrative focuses on Philomene whereas Gower's analogue focuses on both Philomene and Progne. Chaucer achieves his most important transformation of the story by omitting the latter part.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Legend of Good Women.