Chaucer's Wife of Bath and the Problem of the Fifth Husband
- Author / Editor
- Wurtele, Douglas J.
Chaucer's Wife of Bath and the Problem of the Fifth Husband
- Published
- Chaucer Review 23 (1988): 117-28.
- Description
- If Jankyn and Alison conspired at the death of the Wife's fourth husband, the books from which Jankyn reads possibly contain lessons to murderesses. Her anger and threat of revelation result in his capitulation and flight, leaving her to purvey her fantasies to any who will listen.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.