St. Cecilia : Chaucer's Valiant Woman
- Author / Editor
- Biscoglio, Frances.
St. Cecilia : Chaucer's Valiant Woman
- Published
- Mediaevalia 23 (2002): 123-35.
- Description
- Like the Valiant Woman of Proverbs 31:10-31, Cecilia brings honor to her husband, manages her household well, works untiringly, and faces danger with fearless self-confidence. In contrast to Harry Bailly, who sets up the rules and pragmatic externals of the pilgrimage, Cecilia points the way to a transformative pilgrimage.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Second Nun and Her Tale.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.