Dalila, Misogyny and the 'De Casibus' Tradition
- Author / Editor
- Jacobus, Lee A.
Dalila, Misogyny and the 'De Casibus' Tradition
- Published
- Kristin Pruitt McColgan and Charles W. Durham, eds. Arenas of Conflict: Milton and the Unfettered Mind. (Selinsgrove, Penn.: Susquehanna University Press; London: Associated University Presses, 1997), pp. 261-70.
- Description
- Compares Milton's portrayal of Dalila in "Samson Agonistes" with earlier representations by Boccaccio, Chaucer, Lydgate, and Swetnam. Chaucer offers no analysis of her motives; Milton condemns her actions, not her gender.
- Alternative Title
- Arenas of Conflict: Milton and the Unfettered Mind.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Monk and His Tale.
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.