The Genre of Medieval Patience Literature

Robin Waugh is an associate professor of English at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgements Contents Introduction: Clarissimum in Feminis The Female Patience Figure as Speaker The Female Patience Figure as Frozen Speaker The Female Patience Figure as Counterfeit The Female Patience Figure as Frozen Empress The Female Patience Figure at an Extreme The Female Patience Figure as Shrine Index