The Middle English 'Planctas Mariae' and the Rhetoric of Pathos
- Author / Editor
- Keiser, George R.
The Middle English 'Planctas Mariae' and the Rhetoric of Pathos
- Published
- Thomas J. Heffernan, ed. The Popular Literature of Medieval England (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1985), pp. 167-93.
- Description
- Through the "Planctas Mariae," Keiser illuminates the pathetic mode that governs MLT, PrT, ClT, and PhyT. Griselda, Custance, and Virginia resemble the Virgin in the "Planctas." The anti-Semitism of PrT is common in the "Planctas," and the tale of the boy martyr celebrates the victory of the Passion.
- Alternative Title
- The Popular Literature of Medieval England.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General.