Dismembered Memories: Philomela in Chaucer and Gower.

Author / Editor
Allen-Goss, Lucy M.

Title
Dismembered Memories: Philomela in Chaucer and Gower.

Published
Sarah Baechle, Carissa M. Harris, and Elizaveta Strakhov, eds. Rape Culture and Female Resistance in Late Medieval Literature: With an Edition of Middle English and Middle Scots Pastourelles (University Park: Penn State University Press, 2022), pp. 80-96.

Description
Contrasts Chaucer's and Gower's Philomela stories, focusing on differences between the nuances and implications of weaving in LGW and embroidery in "Confessio Amantis," and arguing that Chaucer's version aligns better with modern understanding of "trauma-fragmented memory," speaking, and rape survival.

Contributor
Baechle, Srah, ed.
Harris, Carissa M., ed.
Strakhov, Elizaveta, ed.

Alternative Title
Rape Culture and Female Resistance in Late Medieval Literature: With an Edition of Middle English and Middle Scots Pastourelles

Chaucer Subjects
Legend of Good Women
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations