Myn Erthly God - Paradigm and Parody in the Prologue to the Legend of Good Women
- Author / Editor
- Meecham-Jones, Simon.
Myn Erthly God - Paradigm and Parody in the Prologue to the Legend of Good Women
- Published
- Neil Thomas and Françoise Le Saux, eds. Myth and Its Legacy in European Literature. Durham Modern Languages Series (Durham: University of Durham), 1996, pp. 93-113.
- Description
- Meecham-Jones contrasts LGWP with BD, showing how the former exhibits the poet's confidence in adapting sources. Discusses the depiction of Alceste as a parody of figures such as Boethius's Philosophy, Dante's Beatrice, and the Pearl-maiden - assessing Alceste as a figure of insufficiency and exploring the "limited nature of any comprehension of truth."
- Contributor
- Thomas, Neil, ed.
- Le Saux, Françoise, ed.
- Alternative Title
- Myth and Its Legacy in European Literature.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Legend of Good Women.
- Book of the Duchess.