'Gode in all thynge': The Erle of Tolous, Susanna and the Elders, and Other Narratives of Righteous Women on Trial

Author / Editor
Stavsky, Jonathan.

Title
'Gode in all thynge': The Erle of Tolous, Susanna and the Elders, and Other Narratives of Righteous Women on Trial

Published
Anglia 131 (2013): 538-61.

Description
Examines the righteous-woman-on-trial-motif in "The Earl of Tolous" and its relation to Susanna (Daniel 13) and to medieval romances involving the same motif. By exploiting narrative structure, shifting perspectives and the differing perceptions of characters and audience, "Earl" draws a more complex character of the heroine than its analogues and replaces their conception of virtue with a more pragmatic ethics.

Chaucer Subjects
Man of Law and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations