The Medieval Medea

Author / Editor
Morse, Ruth.

Title
The Medieval Medea

Published
Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1996.

Physical Description
xvi, 267 pp.

Description
Surveys the depictions of Medea in medieval literature and its backgrounds, focusing on how, in the Middle Ages, the character reflects issues of dynastic rivalry, legitimacy, and presumptions about the passions of females. Comments on how Chaucer's depiction of Medea in LGW involves a double reversal, whereby Jason is feminized and Medea is suppressed.

Chaucer Subjects
Legend of Good Women.