The Spiritual Heroism of Chaucer's Custance

Author / Editor
Keiser, George R.

Title
The Spiritual Heroism of Chaucer's Custance

Published
C. David Benson and Elizabeth Robertson, eds. Chaucer's Religious Tales (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1990), pp. 121-36.

Description
In MLT, Chaucer exploited "contemporary taste for stories of beleaguered and pathetic heroines," simultaneously appropriating conventions from his sources and manipulating them to evoke stronger than usual emotional and intellectual responses.

Alternative Title
Chaucer's Religious Tales.

Chaucer Subjects
Man of Law and His Tale.