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Record Number:
9283
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Wimsatt , James I.
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Title:
The Wife of Bath, the Franklin, and the Rhetoric of St. Jerome [The author briefly explores the variety of viewpoints on virginity and marriage expressed by the Wife of Bath arguing against Jerome and the Franklin advocating a moderate response to Dorigen's solution of death or dishonor. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
A Wyf Ther Was: Essays in Honour of Paule Mertens-Fonck. Edited by Juliette Dor. English Department, University of Liège, 1992. Pages 275 - 281.
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Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet- Canterbury Tales- Franklin's Tale
Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet- Canterbury Tales- Wife of Bath's Prologue
Jerome, Theologian and Saint- Adversus Jovinianum
Literature- Verse
Misogyny
Rhetoric
Virginity in Literature
Wife of Bath (Liter
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
14
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Author's Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1992.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
2872330046