The Authority of Her Merit': Virtue and Women in Chaucer and Shakespeare

Author / Editor
McQuain, Jeffrey Hunter.

Title
The Authority of Her Merit': Virtue and Women in Chaucer and Shakespeare

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 44 (1983): 761A.

Description
Although both Chaucer and Shakespeare inherited the classical misogynist tradition, their works reflect a belief in the equality of the sexes, the value of marriage, and the association of virtue with with women.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.