The Wife of Bath
Kindle Edition
Start Publishing LLC · Ebook · November 26, 2012
The Wyves Tale of Bathe and prologue are among the best-known of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
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- Who it’s for
- Meet one of Chaucer’s most developed characters through a prologue that outgrows her tale.
- Genres
- Medieval Poetry, British & Irish Poetry, English, Irish & Scottish Collections
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, November 26, 2012
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The Wyves Tale of Bathe and prologue are among the best-known of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. They give insight into the role of women in the Late Middle Ages and are probably of interest to Chaucer himself, for the character is one of his most developed ones, with her prologue twice as long as her tale.
Prologue and Tale
Meet one of Chaucer’s most developed characters through a prologue that outgrows her tale.
Come here for
- A landmark voice in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
- A window onto women’s roles in the Late Middle Ages
Expect
- A close encounter with medieval poetry and its cultural world
- More room in the prologue than in the tale
Where it sits
| English, Irish & Scottish Collections | 49% |
|---|---|
| Medieval Poetry | 49% |
| British & Irish Poetry | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Medieval Poetry
- Authors
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- November 26, 2012
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Medieval Poetry