Wife of Bath's Tale
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Each book in this established series contains the full and complete text, and is designed to motivate and encourage students who may be writing on these challenging writers for the first time. It contains useful notes to add depth and knowledge to students' understanding, comments to explain literacy and historical allusions, tasks to help students explore themes and issues, and suggestions for further reading.
Acknowledgements vForeword viThe Wife of Bath's Tale in Context 1The Wife of Bath's Tale 13The Wife of Bath's portrait: General Prologue 13The Wife of Bath's Prologue 14The Wife of Bath's Tale 40Notes 53The Wife of Bath's portrait: General Prologue 53The Wife begins her prologue: Lines 1-34 55The Wife develops her arguments to support her position: Lines 35-114 57The Wife's 'biological' argument: Lines 115-162 61The Pardoner interrupts her: Lines 163-192 63The Wife speaks about her first three husbands and how she handled them: Lines 193-284 64The Wife describes further her techniques for dealing with her husbands: Lines 285-361 68The Wife achieves dominance: Lines 362-451 71The Wife's fourth husband: Lines 452-502 75The Wife tells of Jankyn, her fifth husband: Lines 503-626 77The Wife marries Jankyn and the problems begin: Lines 627-787 81The Wife and Jankyn have their last argument: Lines 788-856 88The Wife begins her tale: Lines 857-881 91The knight commits his crime and is given his quest: Lines882-982 92The knight receives his answer in return for a request: Lines 983-1108 96The knight receives lectures on nobility, poverty, and respecting the old: Lines 1109-1216 100The old woman gives the knight a choice and he makes his decision: Lines 1217-1264 104Interpretations 107Genre 107Characterization 109Themes 118Language and style 134Narrative techniques 140The unity of prologue and tale 142Critical views 143A Note on Chaucer's English 145A Note on Pronunciation 153Essay Questions 155Chronology 158Further Reading 160Glossary 162
