The Flight from Incest: Two Late Classical Precursors of the Constance Theme
- Author / Editor
- Archibald, Elizabeth.
The Flight from Incest: Two Late Classical Precursors of the Constance Theme
- Published
- Chaucer Review 20 (1986): 259-72.
- Description
- The "Clementine Recognitions" and "Apollonius of Tyre" were probably known to Chaucer. He eschews their incest motif but reminds readers of it by his reference to Apollonius in the introduction of MLT.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Man of Law and His Tale.