The wife of Bath / Geoffrey Chaucer ; edited by Peter G. Beidler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.

Contributor:

Beidler, Peter G.

Series:

Case studies in contemporary criticism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.

Arthurian romances.

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400--Characters--Wife of Bath.

Chaucer, Geoffrey.

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400--Characters--Women.

Arthurian romances--History and criticism.

Man-woman relationships in literature.

Knights and knighthood in literature.

Marriage in literature.

Women in literature.

Rape in literature.

Physical Description:

xiii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, [1996]

Summary:

Adopted at more than 1,000 colleges and universities, Bedford/St. Martin's innovative "Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism" series has introduced more than a quarter of a million students to literary theory and earned enthusiastic praise nationwide. Along with an authoritative text of a major literary work, each volume presents critical essays, selected or prepared especially for students, that approach the work from several contemporary critical perspectives, such as gender criticism and cultural studies. Each essay is accompanied by an introduction (with bibliography) to the history, principles, and practice of its critical perspective. Every volume also surveys the biographical, historical, and critical contexts of the literary work and concludes with a glossary of critical terms. New editions reprint cultural documents that contextualize the literary works and feature essays that show how critical perspectives can be combined.

Contents:

Part I The Wife of Bath: The Complete Text

Biographical and Historical Contexts

Introduction to the Text

The Complete Text

Description of the Wife of Bath from the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

The Prologue to the Wife of Bath's Tale

The Wife of Bath's Tale

Part II The Wife of Bath: A Case Study in Contemporary Criticism

A Critical History of the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale

New Historicism and the Wife of Bath

What Is New Historicism?

New Historicism: A Selected Bibliography

A New Historicist Perspective:

"Experience woot well is it noght so": Marriage and the Pursuit of Happiness in the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale / Lee Patterson Patterson, Lee

Marxist Criticism and the Wife of Bath

What Is Marxist Criticism?

Marxist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography

A Marxist Perspective:

"All is for to selle": Breeding Capital in the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale / Laurie Finke Finke, Laurie

Psychoanalytic Criticism and the Wife of Bath

What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?

Psychoanalytic Criticism: A Selected Bibliography

A Psychoanalytic Perspective:

"Fulfild of fairye": The Social Meaning of Fantasy in the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale / Louise O. Fradenburg Fradenburg, Louise O.

Deconstructive Criticism and the Wife of Bath

What Is Deconstruction?

Deconstruction: A Selected Bibliography

A Deconstructionist Perspective:

"My bed was ful of verray blood": Subject, Dream, and Rape in the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale / H. Marshall Leicester Leicester, H. Marshall, Jr.

Feminist Criticism and the Wife of Bath

What Is Feminist Criticism?

Feminist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography

A Feminist Perspective:

"Of his love daungerous to me": Liberation, Subversion, and Domestic Violence in the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale / Elaine Tuttle Hansen Hansen, Elaine Tuttle.

Notes:

"Complete, authoritative text with biographical and historical contexts, critical history, and essays from five contemporary critical perspectives."

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Wife of Bath's tale.

ISBN:

0312158599

0312111282

OCLC:

34291352