Queens of the Wild. Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe: An Investigation.
- Author / Editor
- Hutton, Ronald.
Queens of the Wild. Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe: An Investigation.
- Published
- New Haven: Yale University Press, 2022.
- Physical Description
- ix, 245 pp.; illus.
- Description
- Surveys the origins and development of versions of the fairy queen and related figures in western tradition. Includes a brief description of Chaucer's contribution to this development in WBP, 860 ("The elf-queen") where he blends "the classic image of a royal fay . . . with the tradition of nocturnal revels of beautiful female beings and--in a vital step--give[s] her the definite article." Also comments on Proserpine as queen of the fairies in MerT, and Nature as goddess in PF.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
Parliament of Fowls
Wife of Bath and Her Tale
Merchant and His Tale