Feminist Readings in Middle English Literature: The Wife of Bath and All Her Sect

Author / Editor
Evans, Ruth, and Lesley Johnson, eds.

Title
Feminist Readings in Middle English Literature: The Wife of Bath and All Her Sect

Published
London and New York: Routledge, 1994.

Physical Description
x, 257 pp.

Description
Ten essays by various hands, including an introduction by the editors, plus previously published pieces by Mary Carruthers (with a new Afterword), Sheila Delany, and Susan Schibanoff. Topics include Christine de Pizan, Margery Kempe, "Piers Plowman," cycle drama, virginity literature, and several Chaucerian tales. Includes suggestions for further reading. For four essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Feminist Readings in Middle English Literature under Alternative Title.

Contributor
Johnson, Lesley, ed.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.