Die erzahlerische Vermittlung in Chaucers 'Wife of Bath's Prologue'

Author / Editor
Breuer, Horst.

Title
Die erzahlerische Vermittlung in Chaucers 'Wife of Bath's Prologue'

Published
Germanisch-Romanische Monatsschrift 42 (1992): 28-47.

Description
Examines the narrative devices of WBP, classifying the Wife's oaths, metaphors, logic, euphemisms, and proverbs and suggesting that her appropriations of these traditional devices underpin her broader challenge to male authority.

Chaucer Subjects
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.