The Feminist Connections of Chaucer's 'Legend of Good Women'

Author / Editor
Ames, Ruth M.

Title
The Feminist Connections of Chaucer's 'Legend of Good Women'

Published
Julian N. Wasserman and Robert J. Blanch, eds. Chaucer in the Eighties (Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1986), pp. 57-74.

Description
Chaucer responds to the God of Love's charges against TC and the translation of Rom by avoiding confrontation. This response is not noncommittal but carries the message that one should be evenhanded, not extremist, when dealing with feminism.

Alternative Title
Chaucer in the Eighties.

Chaucer Subjects
Legend of Good Women.