Marriage Sermons, Polemical Sermons, and 'The Wife of Bath's Prologue': A Generic Excursus
- Author / Editor
- Galloway, Andrew.
Marriage Sermons, Polemical Sermons, and 'The Wife of Bath's Prologue': A Generic Excursus
- Published
- Studies in the Age of Chaucer 14 (1992): 3-30.
- Description
- Demonstrates the relations between WBP and sermons on the marriage at Cana, particularly those by Jacobus de Voragine. The Wife neither parodies traditional antifeminist material nor preaches a "sermon joyeux." Using details and approaches reminiscent of "polemical sermons," including Lollard sermons, she reflects the "multiplicity of contemporary attitudes."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.