Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 5810
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): O'Brien , Timothy D.
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  • Title: Troubling Waters: The Feminine and the Wife of Bath's Performance [The author discusses the relationship between women and water (both literal and figurative) in the "Wife of Bath's Prologue" and "Tale," paying particular attention to the idea of Bath/bath. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: MLQ: Modern Language Quarterly 53, ( 1992): Pages 377 - 391.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet- Canterbury Tales- Wife of Bath's Prologue Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet- Canterbury Tales- Wife of Bath's Tale Literature- Verse Water, Image of Women in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 14
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  • Author's Affiliation: United States Naval Academy
  • Conference Info: - , -
  • Year of Publication: 1992.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00267929