The Wife of Bath--An Independent Woman.
- Author / Editor
- Shippey, Thomas A.
The Wife of Bath--An Independent Woman.
- Published
- In Heroes and Legends: The Most Influential Characters of Literature. Chantilly, VA: The Great Courses, 2014. Video recording. Disc 1 of 4, Lecture 5.
- Description
- Video recording of lecture (ca. 30 min.), with illustrations, accompanied by an edited text of the lecture in the Course Guidebook (pp. 31-36). Comments on details of the Wife's character in GP, WBP as an autobiography, the Wife's challenges to authority, and why Chaucer gave her a Tale about sovereignty featuring an "old woman who becomes young and beautiful again" instead of the current ShT.
- Alternative Title
- Heroes and Legends: The Most Influential Characters of Literature.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale
Shipman and His Tale
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