The Pardoner's Vernicle, the Wife's Coverchiefs, and Saint Paul
- Author / Editor
- Weissman, Hope Phyllis.
The Pardoner's Vernicle, the Wife's Coverchiefs, and Saint Paul
- Published
- Chaucer Newsletter 1.2 (1979): 10-12.
- Description
- The headwear of the Wife of Bath and of the Pardoner, in light of I Cor. 11:3-12, links the two pilgrims symbolically, both rejecting their proper sex roles and thus simultaneously flouting Paul's distinction between male and female and literalizing his invitation to transcend sex differences.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
- Pardoner and His Tale.