Xanthippe's Sisters: Orality and Femininity in the Later Middle Ages

Author / Editor
Neufeld, Christine Marie.

Title
Xanthippe's Sisters: Orality and Femininity in the Later Middle Ages

Published
DAI 64: 1248A, 2003.

Description
Examines how women are presented in medieval satire as gossips, scolds, and cursing witches, all manifestations of women with orality. Assesses works by Chaucer, Dunbar, and Kempe and material from cycle plays.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.