Medievalists.net » Béroul http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Wild woman and her sisters in medieval English literature http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/18/wild-woman-and-her-sisters-in-medieval-english-literature/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/18/wild-woman-and-her-sisters-in-medieval-english-literature/#comments Mon, 19 Aug 2013 00:47:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42973 The subject of this work is the concept and figure of the Wild Woman. The primary focus will be on various forms this figure assumes in medieval English literature: Grendel's mother—the second monster Beowulf faces—and Chaucer's Wife of Bath, along with other figures.

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