Chaucer’s Other "Wyf": Philippa Chaucer, the Critics, and the English Canon.
- Author / Editor
- Seal, Samantha Katz.
Chaucer’s Other "Wyf": Philippa Chaucer, the Critics, and the English Canon.
- Published
- Chaucer Review 54.3 (2019): 270-91.
- Description
- Surveys critical and historical treatments of Philippa Chaucer, showing both the ahistorical nature of much of this work and the common, negative approach in her characterization. Emphasizes that gender plays a significant role in how these judgments produce community between the male critics and Chaucer.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Life
Background and General Criticism