Representations and Functions of Widowhood in Middle English Writings
- Author / Editor
- Shaw, Patricia.
Representations and Functions of Widowhood in Middle English Writings
- Published
- Purificacion Fernandez Nistal and Jose Ma Bravo Gazalo, eds. Proceedings of the VIth International Conference of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (Valladolid: Universidad de Valladolid, 1995), pp. 31-40.
- Description
- Compares the roles and functions of Criseyde and the Wife of Bath as two of the most outstanding female characters in Middle English literature.
- As the Wife goes from one husband to another, so Criseyde's acceptance of Troilus as a lover may suggest that she will go from one lover to another.
- Alternative Title
- Proceedings of the VIth International Conference of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.