The Wife of Bath's Marginal Authority
- Author / Editor
- Tinkle, Theresa.
The Wife of Bath's Marginal Authority
- Published
- Studies in the Age of Chaucer 32 (2010): 67-101.
- Description
- Surveys and assesses the manuscript glosses and notes to WBP, arguing that scribal commentary affirms the Wife's orthodoxy as an exegete. The glosses and notes in Oxford, New College 314 (Ne), and related manuscripts grant authority to her uses of scripture and "other learned discourses." The glosses in British Library Egerton 2864 (En3) reflect, perhaps, anxiety about female authority, but both sets of comments "grant her an authoritative grounding in canonical scripture and call attention to her lessons on marital sexuality."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale
- Manuscripts and Textual Studies