The "Shipman's Tale" and the Wife of Bath.
- Author / Editor
- Appleman, Philip.
The "Shipman's Tale" and the Wife of Bath.
- Published
- Notes and Queries 201 (1956): 372-73.
- Description
- Objects to Robert L. Chapman’s argument that the ShT was originally intended for the Shipman, not the Wife Bath, comparing Chaucer's tale with Boccaccio's "Decameron" 8.1 as examples of the "Lover's Gift Regained" motif, and showing that Chaucer's version is "an important contribution to the characterization" and "personality" of the Wife.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Shipman and His Tale
Wife of Bath and Her Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations