Marriage as Exchange, from Chaucer to Defoe

Author / Editor
Stapley, Ian Bernard.

Title
Marriage as Exchange, from Chaucer to Defoe

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 57 (1996): 1154A.

Description
Aware that their husbands (as chosen by their families or communities) will determine the nature of their lives, women have sought to choose their own husbands, a daring assumption of sovereignty in a patriarchal society. The Wife of Bath, Shakespeare's Shrew, and Moll Flanders are among the many women characters treated.

Chaucer Subjects
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.