The Plot of Bigamous Return

Author / Editor
McAleavey, Maia.

Title
The Plot of Bigamous Return

Published
Representations 123 (2013): 87-116.

Description
Refers to Elizabeth Gaskell's footnotes to "Mary Barton" that explain unfamiliar phrasing in terms of Chaucer and Langland, identifying them as evidence for the synchronic nature of the bigamous return plot in sensation novels.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion