The Wife of Bath and 'Speche Daungerous'

Author / Editor
Wood, Chauncey.

Title
The Wife of Bath and 'Speche Daungerous'

Published
Robert Myles and David Williams, eds. Chaucer and Language: Essays in Honour of Douglas Wurtele (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001), pp. 33-43, 191-92.

Description
In light of Reason's discussion of direct language in "Roman de la Rose," the Wife of Bath's euphemisms and circumlocution characterize her as unreasonable and a misuser of language.

Alternative Title
Chaucer and Language: Essays in Honour of Douglas Wurtele.

Chaucer Subjects
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
Language and Word Studies.