Her Father's Daughter : The Re-Alignment of Father-Daughter Kinship in Three Romance Tales

Author / Editor
Ashton, Gail.

Title
Her Father's Daughter : The Re-Alignment of Father-Daughter Kinship in Three Romance Tales

Published
Chaucer Review 34: 416-27, 2000.

Description
In MLT, Gower's tale of Constance, and Émaré, the role of daughter--the woman cast adrift--is ambiguous, entailing both helplessness and independence, subversion and female power. Such tales reflect the notion of the daughter moving from temporary resident of her father's house to her husband's family unit as a "foreigner."

Chaucer Subjects
Man of Law and His Tale.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.