Title: Chaucer's women : nuns, wives, and Amazons /
Authors: Martin, Priscilla.
Publisher: Macmillan,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey, Characters Women.; Women England History; Civilization, Medieval, in literature.; Feminism and literature England.; Women in literature; Women and literature England History; Feminism and literature England History
Contents: 1. The Man with the Book, or 'Who Painted the Lion?' -- 2. Two Ideals: The Dame and the Duchess -- 3. Two Misfits: The Nun and the Wife -- 4. The Amazon and the Wise Woman, or 'God Knows What She Thought' -- 5. The Merchandise of Love: Winners and Wasters -- 6. The Merchandise of Love: Wives and Merchants -- 7. Real Women in Imaginary Gardens -- 8. The Saints -- 9. Criseyde -- 10. The Women in the Books -- 11. Sex, Discourse and Silence.