The Tales of The Clerk and The Wife of Bath

The first feminist edition of these two tales. Wynne-Davies addresses the social and cultural context of the poems' production in a critical commentary to the texts. Also includes a line by line gloss and a historical introduction.

Geoffrey Chaucer, Marion Wynne-Davies

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale and The Clerk's Prologue and Tale; critical_commentary Critical Commentary;