Trewe Wedded Libbynge Folk: Metaphors of Marriage in 'Piers Plowman' and the 'Canterbury Tales'

Author / Editor
Perry, Sigrid Pohl.

Title
Trewe Wedded Libbynge Folk: Metaphors of Marriage in 'Piers Plowman' and the 'Canterbury Tales'

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 42 (1981): 2125A.

Description
In Chaucer, as in patristic writings, true marriage proceeds from physical to psychological to spiritual union, even emblematizing the relationship of God to church or soul. Analysis of marriage in CT further reveals sexual politics.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Canterbury Tales--General.