Minor Differences, Major Divides: Character-Type and Intersectionality in Middle English Romance.

Author / Editor
Jaeger, Vanessa.

Title
Minor Differences, Major Divides: Character-Type and Intersectionality in Middle English Romance.

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International A81.07 (2019): n.p.

Description
Intersectional analysis of four character types in medieval romance. Includes discussion of the loathly lady, WBT, and its analogues, arguing that Chaucer's version offers a figure of power, ambiguous because we remain "unsure whether she will use her magic again in the future."

Chaucer Subjects
Wife of Bath and Her Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations