'Three Faces of Cecilia: Chaucer's 'Second Nun's Tale'

Author / Editor
Luecke, Janemarie.

Title
'Three Faces of Cecilia: Chaucer's 'Second Nun's Tale'

Published
American Benedictine Review 33 (1982): 335-48.

Description
Chaucer's revision of the Saint Cecilia legend emphasizes her desire to act as a free agent. Her virginity and her aggressive activity on behalf of Christ assert a "freedom of action to do her work" that parallels the Wife of Bath's.

Chaucer Subjects
Second Nun and Her Tale.