Chaucer's and Gower's Stories of Lucretia and Virginia
- Author / Editor
- Weiher, Carol.
Chaucer's and Gower's Stories of Lucretia and Virginia
- Published
- English Language Notes 14 (1976): 7-9.
- Description
- Gower's tales of Lucretia and Virginia in "Confessio Amantis" VII are exempla of the fates of lecherous rulers; however, Chaucer's versions of these stories (in LGW and PhyT, respectively) focus, not on the villains, but instead on the admirable characters of the virtuous heroines.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Legend of Good Women.
- Physician and His Tale.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.