The Wife of Bath (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism Series) / Edition 1

by Geoffrey Chaucer, Peter G. Beidler

Overview

As part of Bedford/St. Martin's innovative Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism series, this edition of Wife of Bath contains carefully seclected critical essays which approach the book from several contemporary critical perspectives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312111281
Publisher:	Bedford/St. Martin's
Publication date:	12/15/1995
Series:	Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.55(w) x 8.21(h) x 0.66(d)

Table of Contents

About the Series
About This Volume

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

Marxist Criticism and the Wife of Bath
What Is Marxist Criticism?
Marxist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography
A Marxist Perspective:
Laurie Finke, "All is for to selle": Breeding Capital in the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale

Psychoanalytic Criticism and the Wife of Bath
What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?
Psychoanalytic Criticism: A Selected Bibliography
A Psychoanalytic Perspective:
Louise O. Fradenburg, "Fulfild of fairye": The Social Meaning of Fantasy in the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale

Deconstructive Criticism and the Wife of Bath
What Is Deconstruction?
Deconstruction: A Selected Bibliography
A Deconstructionist Perspective:
H. Marshall Leicester, Jr., "My bed was ful of verray blood": Subject, Dream, and Rape in the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale

Feminist Criticism and the Wife of Bath
What Is Feminist Criticism?
Feminist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography
A Feminist Perspective:
Elaine Tuttle Hansen, "Of his love daungerous to me": Liberation, Subversion, and Domestic Violence in the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale

Glossary of Critical and Theoretical Terms

About the Contributors