Wife of Bath’s Tale

Wife of Bath’s Tale

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  • Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, The —    by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1394)    CHAUCER’s Wife of Bath, Alisoun, is perhaps his most original and memorable creation. Her prologue and tale form a pivotal point in the CANTERBURY TALES, inspiring responses in The CLERK’S TALE and The… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

  • Wife of Bath — one of the best known characters in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. She is a lively woman who has been married five times and makes many humorous remarks about sex. The story she tells, the Wife of Bath’s Tale, is about one of King Arthur’s knights.… …   Universalium

  • The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale — The Wife of Bath s Tale and its 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… …   Wikipedia

  • (the) Wife of Bath — the Wife of Bath [the Wife of Bath] one of the best known characters in Chaucer s ↑Canterbury Tales. She is a lively woman who has been married five times and makes many humorous remarks about sex. The story she tells, the Wife of Bath’s Tale, is …   Useful english dictionary

  • Wife (disambiguation) — A wife is foremost a female participant in a marriage.The term without the many possible additions not listed also may refer to:*The Wife, an NBC sitcom. *Wife (novel) by Bharati Mukherjee from 1975. *The Wife (of Bath), a tale from Geoffrey… …   Wikipedia

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  • The Tale of Melibee — (also called The Tale of Melibeus) is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. This is the second tale told by Chaucer himself as a character within the tales. It has long been regarded as a joke on the part of Chaucer that, after being… …   Wikipedia

  • The Man of Law's Tale — The Man of Law (or lawyer) from The Canterbury Tales The Man of Law s Tale (also called The Lawyer s Tale) is the fifth of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, written around 1387. Contents …   Wikipedia

  • Manciple’s Tale, The —    by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1396)    Chaucer’s Manciple’s Tale is the last fictional text in THE CANTERBURY TALES, in most manuscripts coming immediately before the Parson’s sermon on the Seven Deadly Sins that ends the collection.A BEAST FABLE… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

  • The Clerk's Tale — The Clerk from The Canterbury Tales The Clerk s Tale is the first tale of Group E (Fragment IV) in Geoffrey Chaucer s The Canterbury Tales. It is preceded by The Summoner s Tale and followed by The Merchant s Tale. The Clerk of Oxenford (modern… …   Wikipedia

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