The Marital Dilemma in 'The Wife of Bath's Tale': An Unnoticed Analogue and Its Chaucerian Court Context

Author / Editor
Olson, Glending.

Title
The Marital Dilemma in 'The Wife of Bath's Tale': An Unnoticed Analogue and Its Chaucerian Court Context

Published
English Language Notes 33:1 (1995): 1-7.

Description
A ballade by Eustache Deschamps poses a "demande d'amour" similar to that of the Loathly Lady in WBT, wherein a courtier is required to render judgment on a question of love.

Chaucer Subjects
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.