Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 3930
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Tigges , Wim.
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  • Title: Lat the Womman Telle Hire Tale A Reading of the "Wife of Bath's Tale" [The author demonstrates that the answer to the queen's question in the "Wife of Bath's Tale" is that, "what women do definitely not desire is rape." Title note supplied by Feminae].
  • Source: English Studies 73, 1 ( 1992): Pages 97 - 103.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet- Canterbury Tales- Wife of Bath's Tale Literature- Verse Loathly Lady (Literary Figure) Rape in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 14
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  • Author's Affiliation: Leiden University
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  • Year of Publication: 1992.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: Not Available