Romancing the goddess : three Middle English romances about women /
[translated and edited, and with critical commentary by] Marijane Osborn].
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1998.
- xii, 311 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-296) and index.
Preface -- Three tales of castaway queens -- The romances rhymed in Modern English : Emar,̌ Le bone Florence of Rome (Part II), Custance (Chaucer's Man of law's tale) -- Backtracking the goddess : ancient sources and analogues -- Goddess of the human dawn : her status now.
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English literature--Modernized versions--Middle English 11001500 Women--Crimes against--Poetry Romances English Castaways--Poetry Women--Mythology Tales Medieval Queens--Poetry Goddesses