Don't Ask; Don't Tell: The Wife of Bath and Vernacular Translations

Author / Editor
Morrison, Susan Signe.

Title
Don't Ask; Don't Tell: The Wife of Bath and Vernacular Translations

Published
Exemplaria 8 (1996): 97-123.

Description
WBPT addresses the relationship between vernacular texts and female audiences. Vernacular translations of authoritative texts allow women to enter the discourse of power, creating a new discourse that validates not only the existence of a different truth for women but also Chaucer's authority as a vernacular author.

Chaucer Subjects
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.