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Record Number:
5467
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Charles , Casey.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Adversus Jerome: Liberation Theology in the "Wife of Bath’s Prologue" [The Wife of Bath subverts ecclesiastical (clerical) modes of Biblical exegesis in the “sermon” that begins her "Prologue." She appropriates the method of scriptural interpretation used by writers like Saint Jerome, but she uses their interpretive strategies to support her own worldly and carnal ideas on marriage and sexuality. Her sermon is more than a parody of the authorities she imitates; she exposes the misogyny of clerical writers and also sanctifies the profane through her appropriation of exegetical techniques. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Assays: Critical Approaches to Medieval and Renaissance Texts 6, ( 1991): Pages 55 - 71.
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Bible Exegesis
Blasphemy
Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet- Canterbury Tales- Wife of Bath’s Prologue
Jerome, Theologian, Saint- Adversus Jovinianum
Literature- Verse
Marriage
Misogyny
Satire
Sexuality
Theology
Wife of Bath (Literary Figure)
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
14
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Abstract:
Author's Affiliation:
State University of New York, Buffalo
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1991.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
02750058