'Thou Wolt Make . . .Thyn Hed to Ake': A Post-Chaucerian Treatment for Madness in Christine de Pizan's 'Chemin de long estude'

Author / Editor
Robinson, Katie.

Title
'Thou Wolt Make . . .Thyn Hed to Ake': A Post-Chaucerian Treatment for Madness in Christine de Pizan's 'Chemin de long estude'

Published
ChauR 49.2 (2014): 184-203.

Description
Discusses Christine de Pizan's "isopathic mode of treatment (cure by similarities)" to deal with the melancholy expressed in "Chemin de long estude." Compares Pizan's treatment to the "allopathic mode of treatment (cure by contraries)" Chaucer displays in "curing" Geffrey's melancholia in HF.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
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