The Wife of Bath and Her Tale

Author / Editor
Blake, N. F.

Title
The Wife of Bath and Her Tale

Published
Leeds Studies in English 13 (1982): 42-55.

Description
Manuscript evidence suggests Chaucer's developing conception of the Wife in her GP portrait, the shorter prologue found in some MSS, the tale, and references made in ClT, MerT, and Buk. Some passage were added to WBT at a later date.