The Wife of Bath and the Samaritan Woman
- Author / Editor
- Longsworth, Robert (M.)
The Wife of Bath and the Samaritan Woman
- Published
- Chaucer Review 34: 372-87, 2000.
- Description
- Through her use of the Samaritan woman, the Wife argues for the "exegetical reliability" of her own experience. Longsworth explores several biblical references in WBP and their exegetical backgrounds to show how the Wife, even while more accommodating than confrontational, depicts textual authority as "anything but disinterested."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.