Helowys and the Burning of Jankyn's Book
- Author / Editor
- Hamilton, Alice.
Helowys and the Burning of Jankyn's Book
- Published
- Mediaeval Studies 34 (1972): 196-207.
- Description
- Assesses the likelihood of Chaucer's familiarity with Peter Abelard's "Historia Calamitatum" and his knowledge of the story of Heloise and Abelard via Jean de Meun, arguing that the "Historia" has parallels with Chaucer's treatment of virginity versus passion in WBP, the use of "suster" in that context (3.804), and the burning of Jankyn's book (3.816).
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations