The Silent Woman: Speech, Gender, and Authority in Chaucer and Shakespeare
- Author / Editor
- Hilberry, Jane Elizabeth.
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.