An Exploration of the Public and Private in Chaucer's Shipman's Tale

Author / Editor
Brown, Elaine.

Title
An Exploration of the Public and Private in Chaucer's Shipman's Tale

Published
Kathleen A. Bishop, ed. "The Canterbury Tales" Revisited--21st Century Interpretations (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars, 2008), pp. 75-87.

Description
ShT reflects Chaucer's belief that "the dominance of a husband over his wife is too strict" in traditional marriages. Private games threaten to open out into public scandal.

Alternative Title
"Canterbury Tales" Revisited-21st Century Interpretations.

Chaucer Subjects
Shipman and His Tale