The Wife of Bath's Old Wives' Tale

Author / Editor
Disbrow, Sarah.

Title
The Wife of Bath's Old Wives' Tale

Published
Studies in the Age of Chaucer 8 (1986): 59-71.

Description
Arthurian romance in Chaucer's WBT becomes analogous to "old wives' tales" denounced by Scripture, Augustine and other patristic writers, and ParsT. The Wife's telling such a romance undermines her claim to be a notable preacher and associates her with figures like the Foolish Woman of Proverbs.

Chaucer Subjects
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.