Pilgrims in Love

By Frances Beer

Pilgrims in Love involves a re-visioning of the Canterbury Tales, told from the point of view of Alison, Wife of Bath, and Eglentyne, Prioress. Both undertake the pilgrimage to Canterbury because of personal crises that they face as they approach middle age. In the course of their journey they grow out of the straight-jackets that have been imposed on them by medieval misogyny, become wiser and more compassionate. They learn to love others, and most importantly, themselves.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Inanna Poetry and Fiction Series
• Release date: Nov 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781771330374

Frances Beer

Frances Beer is admirably qualified to write about The Canterbury Tales. She did her undergraduate work at Harvard and received her Ph.D. from the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. She is a Professor of English at York University, where she has been teaching courses on Chaucer for the past 30 years. Her publications include Women and Mystical Experience in the Middle Ages and an edition and translation of Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love.

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