Wifely Counsel and Civic Leadership in The Canterbury Tales

This dissertation identifies wifely counsel as a major theme in The Canterbury Tales. My analysis of The Tale of Melibee, The Clerk's Tale, The Wife of Bath's Prologue, and The Wife of Bath's Tale reveals a pattern of women instructing, transforming, and collaborating with their husba...

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Main Author: Rosebrock, Abby
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7916/D81Z42KZ