The Wife of Bath's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Author / Editor
- Marsh, Nicholas.
The Wife of Bath's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Published
- Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan Education, 1987.
- Physical Description
- 96 pp.
- Series
- Macmillan Master Guides
- Description
- Study guide to WBPT that includes commentary on their place in the CT, their sources and backgrounds, and medieval and modern ways of assessing the Wife's character. Includes a summary/commentary of the narratives, arranged in segments, followed by discussion of the themes of marriage, mastery, and gentillesse, and commentary on style, imagery, and dramatic devices. Closes with a specimen passage in Middle English (with additional commentary), a brief description of critical approaches, and study questions.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale