Embodying Loathliness: The Loathly Lady in Medieval and Postfeminist (Con)Texts

Author / Editor
Inskeep, Kathryn.

Title
Embodying Loathliness: The Loathly Lady in Medieval and Postfeminist (Con)Texts

Published
DAI A74.13 (2014): n.p.

Description
As part of a larger discussion of "loathliness" and the transformation away from loathliness in the context of marginalization of women, examines WBPT. Particular attention is paid to "the implications of disembodying a Loathly Lady in a tale that rewards male sexual violence with marriage."

Chaucer Subjects
Wife of Bath and Her Tale