The Host, His Wife, and Their Communities in the Canterbury Tales
- Author / Editor
- Williams, Tara.
The Host, His Wife, and Their Communities in the Canterbury Tales
- Published
- Chaucer Review 42 (2008): 383-408.
- Description
- Harry Bailly's remarks about his wife Goodelief constitute a community among the husbands along for the pilgrimage; they also call attention to various affiliations of wives in CT, e.g., the Clerk's "archewyves." As outlets for complaints about spouses, these communities based on "marital identity" have the salutary effects of revealing and addressing deficiencies of marriage.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General
- Monk and His Tale
- Clerk and His Tale