The Rapes of Chaucer
- Author / Editor
- Quinn, William A.
The Rapes of Chaucer
- Published
- Chaucer Yearbook 5 (1998): 1-18.
- Description
- Briefly discusses some of the critical responses to Chaucer's alleged raptus of Cecilia Champaigne (Cecily Champain) and how this incident may have influenced certain works, particularly TC, PF, and HF.
- Also suggests that the penitential tone of Mel, SNT, and Astr possibly "reflects concerns regarding the Cecilia Chapaigne episode."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Life.
- Troilus and Criseyde.
- Parliament of Fowls.
- House of Fame.
- Tale of Melibee.
- Second Nun and Her Tale.
- Treatise on the Astrolabe.