'A Rose by Any Other Name': Two Versions of the Legend of Saint Cecilia
- Author / Editor
- Waterhouse, Ruth.
'A Rose by Any Other Name': Two Versions of the Legend of Saint Cecilia
- Published
- Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 79 (1978): 126-36.
- Description
- Resemblances between Aelfric's and Chaucer's versions of the St. Cecilia legend suggest a common Latin source, possibly Mombritius' "Passio." But Chaucer's treatment, different from Aelfric's especially in dealing with the crowns of flowers, is more affective and immediate.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Second Nun and Her Tale.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.