The Wife of Bath and the Scholastic Concept of 'Operatio'
- Author / Editor
- Grennen, Joseph E.
The Wife of Bath and the Scholastic Concept of 'Operatio'
- Published
- Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association 7 (1986): 41-48.
- Description
- Draws upon theories of Aristotle, Bradwardine, Aquinas, and the scholastics on action ("operatio") to explain the complexities of the Wife's character and the nobility of the hag's lecture--through the Wife's competence in "scholastic give-and-take."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.