Peynted by the Lion: The Wife of Bath as Feminist Pedagogue

Author / Editor
Walzem, Al.

Title
Peynted by the Lion: The Wife of Bath as Feminist Pedagogue

Published
Kathleen A. Bishop, ed. "The Canterbury Tales" Revisited--21st Century Interpretations (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars, 2008), pp. 44-59.

Description
Reads the Wife of Bath as ur-feminist and traces parallels between WBP and WBT. These parallels indicate the Wife's efforts to teach feminist principles.

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

Chaucer Subjects
Wife of Bath and Her Tale