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Reading the Wife of Bath - feminist freedom fighter or hypocritical harridan?

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Apr2010 (Volume) 48
Medium (Periodical) E Magazine: the A-level English magazine.
Classif 820 EMA
Subject Literature
Page 41-43
Authors Hebron, Malcolm
Contents

The author argues that trying to pin down the character of Alison, the Wife of Bath, is to miss the point: an openness to multiple readings is the only way to appreciate her complex personality.

Keywords
Canterbury tales     Chaucer     Feminism     Literature