Chaucer's 'Medea' and the Date of the Legend of Good Women.
- Author/Editor
- Kittredge, George L.
- Title
- Chaucer's 'Medea' and the Date of the Legend of Good Women.
- Published
- Kittredge, George L. "Chaucer's 'Medea' and the Date of the Legend of Good Women." PMLA 24 (1909): 343-63.
- Review
- Chaucer knew CA, and Gower's tale of Medea, and may have used it while writing his version for the "Legend of Good Women"; publication of CA in 1390 caused Chaucer to recall his Medea story, so he could not help a friendly dig at Gower in the "Man of Law's Tale," which he was then writing. [RFY1981].
- Date
- 1909
- Gower Subjects
- Influence and Later Allusion
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
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