Ambiguous Locks: An Iconology of Hair in Medieval Art and Literature.
- Author / Editor
- Milliken, Roberta.
Ambiguous Locks: An Iconology of Hair in Medieval Art and Literature.
- Published
- Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2012.
- Physical Description
- x, 290 pp.; b&w illus.
- Description
- Surveys depictions of "good" and "bad" women in medieval art and literature, concentrating on how their hair characterizes them and directs viewers' attention. Includes a brief discussion of the implications of Emelye's yellow/golden hair in KnT (1049–50) for the ways that it confirms her beauty.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
Knight and His Tale