The 'Crossing' of the Wife of Bath
- Author / Editor
- Martin, Jennifer L.
The 'Crossing' of the Wife of Bath
- Published
- Kathleen A. Bishop, ed. "The Canterbury Tales" Revisited--21st Century Interpretations (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars, 2008), pp. 60-74.
- Description
- Cites instances in which the Wife of Bath crosses over between binary sets (male/female, sex/gender, authority/experience), and suggests that she cannot be seen simply as a feminist. Nor is she simply a victim.
- Alternative Title
- "Canterbury Tales" Revisited-21st Century Interpretations.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale