Chaucer's 'Man of Law's Tale' 847 : A Rejoinder

Author / Editor
Hirsh, John C.

Title
Chaucer's 'Man of Law's Tale' 847 : A Rejoinder

Published
Chaucer Review 22 (1988): 332-34.

Description
A. A. MacDonald's objection to reading "woman" for "wo man" in line 847 of MLT is a misunderstanding of a more fundamental problem--that traditional attitudes toward gender may have played a part in separating two letters in a context wherein certain male readers would not have been disposed to permit the word "woman."

Chaucer Subjects
Man of Law and His Tale.