Tag Archives: Wife of Bath's Tale

Teach Chaucer to Address Sexual Assault

By Robin Bates | Published: January 17, 2019

Thursday I’ve been talking with Idaho English teacher Glenda Funk, who is proposing a panel for the upcoming NCTE convention (National Council of Teachers of English) on teaching literature in ways that make a tangible difference in students’ lives.  After I mentioned how The Wife of Bath’s Prelude and Tale foreground issues of sexual assault, […]

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Chaucer’s Riff on the Woman at the Well

By Robin Bates | Published: March 23, 2014

Seen in the light of the Samaritan woman at the well, Chaucer’s Wife of Bath is one of Christ’s messengers.

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The Wife of Bath vs. Military Rapes

By Robin Bates | Published: August 19, 2013

Perhaps Chaucer’s Wife of Bath has some good suggestions on preventing sexual assault in the military.

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