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From the Middle Ages to #MeToo: Chaucer’s Wife of Bath
From the Middle Ages to #MeToo: Chaucer’s Wife of Bath
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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Feb 16, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
The Wife of Bath is a stand-out figure in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. The only ordinary woman in the procession of pilgrims heading to Thomas Becket’s shrine, Alison is a sexually active, outspoken and funny working woman whose voice leaps from the page. Speaking with Emily Briffett, Marion Turner explores the Wife of Bath’s tale, revealing what it can tell us about the reality of women’s lives in the fourteenth century, and how its themes still resonate today.
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Released:
Feb 16, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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