Pilgrimage, Gender, and Theory: Where Are the Women Pilgrimage Poets of the Fourteenth Century?

Author / Editor
Morrison, Susan Signe.

Title
Pilgrimage, Gender, and Theory: Where Are the Women Pilgrimage Poets of the Fourteenth Century?

Published
Juliette Dor and Marie-Élisabeth Henneau, eds. Femmes et pèlerinages / Women and Pilgrimages ([Santiago de Compostela]: Compostela Group of Universities, 2007), pp. 141-52.

Description
A number of the most famous fourteenth-century poets used pilgrimage as a genre to promote the use of vernacular language. Morrison's essay considers pilgrimage, gender, and use of the vernacular, raising questions about intertextual anxiety and the identities of pilgrim poets, including Chaucer.

Alternative Title
Femmes et pèlerinages / Women and Pilgrimages.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General