The Waiting Game: Medieval Allusions and the Lethal Nature of Passivity in Ian McEwan's 'Atonement'
- Author / Editor
- Behrman, Mary.
The Waiting Game: Medieval Allusions and the Lethal Nature of Passivity in Ian McEwan's 'Atonement'
- Published
- Studies in the Novel 42 (2010): 453-70.
- Description
- Identifies and assesses allusions to medieval literature in Ian McEwan's novel "Atonement" (2001), emphasizing Chaucer's works (TC and ClT) and Arthurian literature.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
- Troilus and Criseyde
- Clerk and His Tale