Supposed Antifeminism in Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde' and Its Retraction in 'The Legend of Good Women'
- Author / Editor
- Taylor, Willene P.
Supposed Antifeminism in Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde' and Its Retraction in 'The Legend of Good Women'
- Published
- Xavier University Studies 9.1 (1970): 1-18.
- Description
- Argues that both TC (particularly the Epilogue) and LGW evince Chaucer's "good-natured humor" which is "never vicious" but rather "shows a warm and compassionate understanding of the foibles of human beings, regardless of their sex." LGW is a "mock palinode" to TC.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.
- Legend of Good Women