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Chaucer, Geoffrey

 
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Synopsis

The Wyves Tale of Bathe and prologue are among the best-known of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. They give insight into the role of women in the Late Middle Ages and are probably of interest to Chaucer himself, for the character is one of his most developed ones, with her prologue twice as long as her tale. She holds her own among the bickering pilgrims, and evidence in the manuscripts suggests that although she was first assigned a different, plainer tale-

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À propos de l'auteur

Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400) was an English poet and court official whose Canterbury Tales stands as a foundational work of English literature. Writing in Middle English, Chaucer helped establish the vernacular as a literary language. His work is notable for its range of narrative voices, social observation, and enduring influence on subsequent English poetry and prose.

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