The Canaanite Woman, the Second Nun, and St Cecilia
- Author / Editor
- Dobbs, Elizabeth A.
The Canaanite Woman, the Second Nun, and St Cecilia
- Published
- Christianity and Literature 62.2 (2013): 203-22.
- Description
- Observes that St. Matthew's account of the Canaanite's interaction with Christ is far more descriptively verbose than the version recorded by St. Mark, and argues that in SNP Chaucer very purposefully chose Matthew's version in order to augment his portrayal of the rhetorical prowess and power of women, evident throughout CT.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Second Nun and Her Tale
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations