The Hag Transformed: "The Tale of Florent," Ethical Choice, and Female Desire in Late Medieval England.
- Author / Editor
- Dean, James M.
The Hag Transformed: "The Tale of Florent," Ethical Choice, and Female Desire in Late Medieval England.
- Published
- R. F. Yeager and Brian W. Gastle, eds. Approaches to Teaching the Poetry of John Gower (New York: Modern Language Association, 2011), pp. 143-55.
- Description
- Compares and contrasts Gower's tale of Florent with WBT and "The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle," arguing that Gower and Chaucer "grapple with ethical circumstances in human relationships" (matters of right conduct and governance, respectively) while the "Wedding" exposes the "fragility of courtly virtues."
- Alternative Title
- Approaches to Teaching the Poetry of John Gower.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations