The Wife of Bath

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Free Read The Wife of Bath [ By ] Geoffrey Chaucer [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I wouldn t want to be a medieval wife Well I don t want to be any sort of wife, but that s beside the point What I m trying to say is that medieval womanhood wasn t a good form This wife was forced to marry at twelve years of age, twelve years of age, and since then has married five times thus, she considers herself somewhat of an authority on marriage And who can argue, she clearly hasexperience than most Middle English VersionExperience, though noon auctoriteeWere in this world, w I wouldn t want to be a medieval wife Well I don t want to be any sort of wife, but that s beside the point What I m trying to say is that medieval womanhood wasn t a good form This wife was forced to marry at twelve years of age, twelve years of age, and since then has married five times thus, she considers herself somewhat of an authority on marriage And who can argue, she clearly hasexperience than most Middle English VersionExperience, though noon auctoriteeWere in this world, were right ynogh to meTo speke of wo that is in mariage For, lordynges, sith I twelf yeer was of age, Y thonked be God, that is eterne on lyve Housbondes at chirch dore I have had...I really liked the essays dealing with the content of the text, but Mr Beidler himself is rather pedantic for me, rambling on and on about the authenticity of this copy and that copy of the various manuscripts that still exist of this text He seems to be really a hard core hardcore Chaucer super specialist, giving background on the debates around the origins of the various manuscripts.I see this edition is not linked to other editions of Chaucer s The Wife of Bath s Prologue and Tale, so I m go I really liked the essays dealing with the content of the text, but Mr Beidler himself is rather pedantic for me, rambling on and on about the authenticity of this copy and that copy of the various manuscripts that still exist of this text He seems to be really a hard core hardcore Chaucer super specialist, giving background on...Since there has been such a spate of reviews on Goodreads recently, attending to texts that contain the depiction of female masochistic tendencies, I decided to go all the way and go way back to the first text we know of in English that contains this, being Geoffrey Chaucer s Wife of Bath s prologue and tale.Both the tale and prologue depicts violence visited upon women, and in the prologue, it is initially even welcomed by the woman, for love of the man inflicting the violence but just like An Since there has been such a spate of reviews on Goodreads recently, attending to texts that contain the depiction of female masochistic tendencies, I decided to go all the way and go way back to the first text we know of in English that contains this, being Geoffrey Chaucer s Wife of Bath s prologue and tale.Both the tale and prologue depicts violence visited upon women, and in the prologue, it is initially even welcomed by the woman, for love of the man inflicting the violence but just like Ana in 50 Shades of Grey, Alison decided eventually that she didn t like it, and decided to reform her attractive, sexy fifth husband Janken intocouth ways.Arriving at a definite stance on how to interpret the message or the character of Chaucer s Wife of Bath, is not an easy task The Wife of Bath is probably one of the characters that there seems to be l...Geoffrey Chaucer was an English 14th Century diplomat and philosopher amongst other things, though is best known for being a Poet and writing the Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales were written during the 100 years war and tell of a group of pilgrims on they way to Canterbury Cathedral to visit the shrine of Thomas Beckett, with the prize being a free meal at an inn You say it s torture to endure her prideAnd melancholy airs, andbesides And if she had a pretty face, old traitor, You Geoffrey Chaucer was an English 14th Century diplomat and philosopher amongst other things, though is best known for being a Poet and writing the Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales were written during the 100 years war and tell of a group of pilgrims on they way to Canterbury Cathedral to visit the shrine of Thomas Beckett, with the prize being a free meal at an inn You say it s torture to endure her prideAnd melancholy airs, andbesides And if she had a pretty face, old traitor, You say she s game for any for...Now I remember why I do not like poetry, at school my poetry was considered to be good.Why don t I like it The teacher would say when you can write like Chaucer then you have mastered the art Really His writing is just cheap rhyming from 8 year olds Whilst the story is interesting his ability is lacking, give the children a chance, there are far better poets in schools than him.YES we were made to read this in school and we, even to this day cannot see what is special This man killed some c Now I remember why I do not like poetry, at school my poetry was considered to be good.Why don t I like it The teacher would say when you can write like Chaucer then you have mastered the art Really His writing is just cheap rhyming from 8 year olds Whilst the story is interestin...Dear Authors of certain books,Before you write that book with thinly disguised rape between the two leads, I really think you should read this.Honesty.Thank you.Read all my reviews on We didn t read this in class Of course, we talked about the Canterbury Tales but actually reading it, no That s why I was pleased to see it as a part of the Little Black Classics, giving me the opportunity to read a small part without necessary the feeling that I should read it all.The story surprised me in a positive way Both the Prologue and the actual Tale were farinteresting than anticipated I d thought it would be drier aRead all my reviews on We didn t read this in class Of course, we talked about the Canterbury Tales but actually reading it, no That s why I was pleased to see it as a part of the Little Black Classics, giving me the opportunity to read a small part without necessary the feeling that I should read it all.The story surprised me in a positive way B...The wife of Bath is so outrageous in her views its hilarious there is being a feminist and then there is The Wife of Bath, she takes manipulating men to a whole other level.The Wife of Bath, Alison, who has been married 5 times, justifies this scandalous behavior using knowledge gained from priests and erudite dead husbands, one of whom hit her and left her partly deaf There s an argument for interpreting the Wife of Bath as a proto feminist, but to me, it feels like she doesn t want to end up alone and vulnerable so she uses the phrases that most suit her cause, ignoring that most of them are sexist She tell the tale of a knight from King Arthur s court who rape The Wife of Bath, Alison, who has been married 5 times, justifies this scandalous behavior using knowledge gained from priests and erudite dead husbands, one of whom hit her and left her partly deaf There s an argument for interpreting the Wife of Bath as a proto feminist, but to me, it feels like she doesn t want to end up alone and vulnerable so she uses the phrases that most suit her cause, ignoring that most of them are sexist She tell the tale of a knight from King Arthur s court who rapes a maiden and, in order to save his life, must find out what women truly desire So he goes forth and interviews a lot of women and finally finds an old hag that gives him the correct answer all women want is dominance over their husbands But now he s stuck with the old hag and must marry her.What convince me that the story is not meant to make mensympathetic to women is the en...First Chaucer I have read I am ashamed to say and I was surprised to find I enjoyed this may even encourage me to readof the Canterbury Tales

The Wife of Bath
  • English
  • 17 November 2017
  • Paperback
  • 306 pages
  • 0312111282
  • Geoffrey Chaucer
  • The Wife of Bath