CHAUCER'S LUCRETIA AND WHAT AUGUSTINE REALLY SAID ABOUT RAPE: TWO RECONSIDERATIONS
Saint Augustine “hath gret compassioun / Of this Lucresse,” declares a couplet early in Chaucer's retelling of the story of the Roman rape victim and suicide Lucretia — prompting the majority of modern commentators to conclude that the poet either never read Augustine's treatment of the st...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2019
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Traditio
Year: 2019, Volume: 74, Pages: 335-373 |
| Further subjects: | B
City of God (book)
B Rape B Legend of Good Women (poem) B Consent B Shame B Chastity B Compassion |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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