The Waiting Game: Medieval Allusions and the Lethal Nature of Passivity in Ian McEwan's 'Atonement'

Author / Editor
Behrman, Mary.

Title
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