Reimagining Natural Order in 'The Wife of Bath's Prologue'
- Author / Editor
- Wang, Laura.
Reimagining Natural Order in 'The Wife of Bath's Prologue'
- Published
- Carolynn Van Dyke, ed. Rethinking Chaucerian Beasts (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), pp. 131-42.
- Description
- Classical and medieval antifeminist texts disparagingly compare women and animals. In WBP, Alisoun "redeploys animal similes" to claim the privileges of animal-like status because she is naturally crafty and sly, impatient, and cannot be held responsible. Alisoun also "animalizes" Jankyn by comparing him to a lion and sheep, "deflating notions of masculine supremacy" and celebrating humans' animal nature.
- Alternative Title
- Rethinking Chaucerian Beasts.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale
- Style and Versification