Reimagining Revolt: 1381, Feminine Authority, and the Wife of Bath.
- Author / Editor
- Rotkiewicz, Vincent.
Reimagining Revolt: 1381, Feminine Authority, and the Wife of Bath.
- Published
- Postmedieval 9 (2018): 88-99.
- Description
- Reads the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 as an inspiration for the relationship between textual authority, bibliophobia, and violence in WBPT. Compares Alisoun to rioters who destroyed writings they deemed threatened their personal rights. Argues that the Wife's tale shows how to resolve similar conflicts nonviolently.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations