Chaucer's Tandem Romances: A Generic Approach to the 'Wife of Bath's Tale' as Palinode
- Author / Editor
- Meyer, Robert J.
Chaucer's Tandem Romances: A Generic Approach to the 'Wife of Bath's Tale' as Palinode
- Published
- Chaucer Review 18 (1984): 221-38.
- Description
- Structural unity is achieved by the back-to-back romances in the tale, the first a mock quest, the second a narrative that asks what men most desire (gentility, youth, beauty). The Midas exemplum and the pillow talk of gentility are integral parts of this ambivalent narrative.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.