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Record Number:
8580
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Smith , Warren S.
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Title:
The Wife of Bath Debates Jerome [argues that the Wife of Bath takes a centrist position on marriage and cleverly refutes the extreme misogyny of Jerome's "Adversus Jovinianum" and the classical tradition of anti-woman diatribe upon which he draws].
Source:
Chaucer Review 32, 2 ( 1997): Pages 129 - 145.
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet- Canterbury Tales- Wife of Bath's Prologue
Jerome, Theologian, Saint- Adversus Jovinianum
Literature- Verse
Marriage in Literature
Misogyny in Literature
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Virginity in Literature
Wife of Bath (Literary Figure)
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Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
14
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Author's Affiliation:
University of New Mexico
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1997.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
00092002