The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale: A Variorum Edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, Volume 2, Parts 5A and 5B by John H. Fisher, Geoffrey Chaucer, Geoffrey Chaucer, Mark Allen

The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale: A Variorum Edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, Volume 2, Parts 5A and 5B

John H. Fisher, Geoffrey Chaucer, Geoffrey Chaucer, Mark Allen

776 pages • first pub 1372 (editions)

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The Wife of Bath is the most vibrant character in The Canterbury Tales —and arguably the most famous. In creating his brilliant portrayal of the talkative wife, Chaucer weaves a dazzling array of allusions to biblical, classical, patristic, and ve...

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