The Silent Woman: Speech, Gender, and Authority in Chaucer and Shakespeare

Author / Editor
Hilberry, Jane Elizabeth.

Title
The Silent Woman: Speech, Gender, and Authority in Chaucer and Shakespeare

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 50 (1989): 935A.

Description
By giving a voice to the shrewish Wife of Bath and to Katherine of Padua, Chaucer and Shakespeare demonstrate their grasp (if not their personal views) of the proper role of gender in the ancient debate. Treats "Othello," "King Lear," "Measure for Measure," FranT, WBP, MerT, and Cl-MerL.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.