Constructing (a Male) Parenthood for Medieval English Literature: Literary Fathers and Absent Mothers.

Author / Editor
Reis, Huriye.

Title
Constructing (a Male) Parenthood for Medieval English Literature: Literary Fathers and Absent Mothers.

Published
Evrim Doğan Adanur, ed. IDEA: Studies in English (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2011), pp. 261-71.

Description
Examines the "construction of parenthood" in medieval literature and criticism, focusing on Chaucer's role as "father" of English literature, which lacks a parallel "mother" figure.

Alternative Title
IDEA: Studies in English.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion