The Worthy Wife and the Virtuous Knight: Survival of the Wittiest

Author / Editor
Leslie, Nancy T.

Title
The Worthy Wife and the Virtuous Knight: Survival of the Wittiest

Published
Chaucerian Shakespear (Ann Arbor: Michigan Consortium for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 1983), pp. 25-41.

Description
The Wife of Bath and Falstaff are superb "actors" who use rhetorical tools to triumph on their "stages," citing Scripture, twisting logic, and spouting proverbs for their own purposes.

Alternative Title
Chaucerian Shakespeare.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.