Reading Contingencies: Marian Figuration in Middle English Literature
- Author / Editor
- Reed, Teresa P.
Reading Contingencies: Marian Figuration in Middle English Literature
- Published
- Dissertation Abstracts International 57 (1997): 3930A.
- Description
- Representations of Mary in medieval literature are paradoxical, often underscored by her opposition to Eve. MLT and the hagiography Seinte Marherete seek to present a unified view of Mary but ultimately fail; WBPT and Pearl are more sensitive to the implications of the paradox.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.
- Man of Law and His Tale.
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.