Women and Men in Late Medieval English Romance

Author / Editor
Fisher, Sheila.

Title
Women and Men in Late Medieval English Romance

Published
Roberta L. Krueger, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000), pp. 150-64.

Description
Argues that Chaucer, the Gawain poet, and Malory use women to define chivalric male identities. The texts of these authors register anxiety about women as "hominis confusio" and marginalize women by marginalizing many of the moments of their greatest activity. Emelye (KnT) and Criseyde (TC) embody women's exchangeability. Fisher also touches on NPT and WBT.

Alternative Title
Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.
Knight and His Tale.
Nun's Priest and His Tale.
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.