| Chaucer's Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale: An Annotated Bibliography 1900 - 1995 Contributor(s): Beidler, Peter G. (Compiled by), Biebel, Elizabeth M. (Compiled by) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0802043666 ISBN-13: 9780802043665 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $125.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1998 Annotation: One Of Chaucer's Most Popular And Complex Characters, The Wife Of Bath has inspired a rich and diverse range of published scholarship. This work is the latest in the University, of Toronto Press's Chaucer Bibliographies series, a series which aims to provide annotated bibliographies for all of Chaucer's works, and summarizes twentieth-century commentary on Chaucer's Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale. There are six sections to the bibliography, with items arranged chronologically in each section: editions and translations, sources and analogues, the marriage group, gentillesse or nobility, the General Prologue, the Wife of Bath's Prologue, and the actual Tale. The editors have assembled a comprehensive bibliography covering not only standard English literature, medieval studies, and Chaucerian studies sources, but also less well-known references and items published in languages other than English. Developments in Chaucer criticism are traced and grouped thematically, a particular benefit for those approaching Chaucerian studies for the first time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Reference - Reference | Bibliographies & Indexes - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.1 |
| LCCN: 98230240 |
| Series: Chaucer Bibliographies |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6" W x 9" (1.55 lbs) 426 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of Chaucer's most popular and complex characters, the Wife of Bath has inspired a rich and diverse range of published scholarship. This work is the latest in the University of Toronto Press's Chaucer Bibliographies series, a series which aims to provide annotated bibliographies for all of Chaucer's works, and summarizes twentieth-century commentary on the Chaucer's Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale. There are six sections to the bibliography, with items arranged chronologically in each section: editions and translations, sources and analogues, the marriage group, gentillesse or nobility, the General Prologue, the Wife of Bath's Prologue and the actual Tale. The editors have assembled a comprehensive bibliography covering not only standard English literature, medieval studies, and Chaucerian studies sources, but also less well-known references and items published in languages other than English. Developments in Chaucer criticism are traced and grouped thematically, a particular benefit for those approaching Chaucerian studies for the first time. |