Chaucer's Garrulous Heroine: Alice of Bath

Author / Editor
Elliott, Ralph (W. V.)

Title
Chaucer's Garrulous Heroine: Alice of Bath

Published
Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature 4 (1989): 1-30.

Description
Considers the Wife of Bath's "colloquial, conversational idiom as a key to her character," examining details of diction, syntax, and imagery, and comparing her with Alison of MilT.

Chaucer Subjects
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
Miller and His Tale.