Chaucer's Transformations of The Legend of Philomela in The Legend of Good Women

Author / Editor
Oka, Saburo.

Title
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.