The wife of Bath vs Women and Marriage in German Medieval Romance: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Marriage in literature, Women in literature, Arthurian romances
The wife of Bath
The Wyves Tale of Bathe and prologue are among the best-known of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. They give insight into the role of women in the Late Middle Ages and are probably of interest to Chaucer himself, for…
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Women and Marriage in German Medieval Romance
D. H. Green shows how German romances found ways to debate and challenge the conventional antifeminism of the medieval period.
The verdict
- Women and Marriage in German Medieval Romance reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 31 times.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The wife of Bath | Women and Marriage in German Medieval Romance | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (4932) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (3) | — |
Reception
| The wife of Bath | Women and Marriage in German Medieval Romance | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4932 | — |
| Editions | 7 | 6 |
| Citations | 23 | 31 |
| Want to read | 2614 | — |
| Reading it now | 90 | — |
| Written reviews | 399 | — |
| Pages | 306 | 276 |