Perverted Love in Chaucer's 'Anelida and Arcite'

Author / Editor
Aaij, Michel.

Title
Perverted Love in Chaucer's 'Anelida and Arcite'

Published
Medieval Perspectives 14: 13-19, 1999.

Description
Thebes's foundational perversion (Jove's rape of Europa) establishes a recursive pattern of love and violence. Creon's dynastic expectation for Anelida and Arcite results in Anelida's self-deception and leads as well to Arcite's servitude to his new paramour.

Chaucer Subjects
Anelida and Arcite.