The Figure of Medea in Medieval Literature: A Thematic Metamorphosis

Author / Editor
Feimer, Joel Nicholas.

Title
The Figure of Medea in Medieval Literature: A Thematic Metamorphosis

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 44 (1984): 3057A.

Description
After a wide variety of classical treatments, Medea was transformed through the medieval concept of "fin' amor." Although her earthly passion is negatively contrasted with divine love in some works, she is canonized as a saint of love in LGW and in Gower's "Confessio Amantis."

Chaucer Subjects
Legend of Good Women.