Difference and the Difference It Makes: Sex and Gender in Chaucer's Poetry

Author / Editor
Delany, Sheila.

Title
Difference and the Difference It Makes: Sex and Gender in Chaucer's Poetry

Published
Florilegium 10 (1991, for 1988): 83-92.

Description
Deeply rooted in late-medieval social and religious ambivalence toward women, Chaucer's poetry both subverts and asserts traditional gender differences, as seen in LGWP, FranT, and WBP.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Legend of Good Women.
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
Franklin and His Tale.