The Wife of Bath s ideal marriage and late medieval ideas about the domestic sphere

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1、Scrutiny2IssuesinEnglishStudiesinSouthernAfricaISSN:1812-5441(Print)1753-5409(Online)Journalhomepage:http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rscr20TheWifeofBath'sidealmarriageandlatemedievalideasaboutthedomesticsphereRethaKnoetzeTocitethisarticle:RethaKnoetze(2015)TheWifeofBath'sidealmarriageandlatemedievali

2、deasaboutthedomesticsphere,Scrutiny2,20:2,34-53,DOI:10.1080/18125441.2015.1072840Tolinktothisarticle:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18125441.2015.1072840Publishedonline:16Oct2015.SubmityourarticletothisjournalArticleviews:118ViewrelatedarticlesViewCrossmarkdataFullTerms&Conditionsofaccessandusecanbefound

3、athttp://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rscr20Downloadby:[111.122.198.185]Date:06March2016,At:01:29THEWIFEOFBATH’SIDEALMARRIAGEANDLATEMEDIEVALIDEASABOUTTHEDOMESTICSPHERERethaKnoetzeDepartmentofEnglishStudiesUniversityofSouthAfricaknoetr@unisa.ac.zaABSTRACTThisarticlewillex

4、ploreideasaboutmarriageandthedomesticsphereintheLateMiddleAgesinrelationtotheWifeofBath’sprologueandTale.WhileChaucer’sWifeofBathhasbeenreadbymanycriticsasofferingaprotofeministdefenceofwomen,researcherswhoattempttoilluminatehowtheWifeofBathandherideaswouldhavebeenperceivedbyamedievalaudience,throug

5、hrecoursetomedievaldiscoursesonwomen,havetendedtofocusontheantifeministclericaltraditioninordertoshowthattheWifeofBathisacharactermadeupofstereotypesfrommisogynistwritings;thesecriticsthereforearguethatacontemporaryaudiencewouldnothavetakentheWifeseriously.However,thisarticleaimstoshowthatitisconcei

6、vablethatamedievalaudienceorDownloadedby[111.122.198.185]at01:2906March2016readercouldhaveinterpretedtheWifeofBath’sprologueandTaleasprovidingaseriousdefenceofwomen.ItillustratesthattheWifeofBath’sideasaboutmutualityanddomesticpartnershipinmarriageareinlinewithadiscourseandsocialpracticesthatactuall

7、yexistedinthelatemedievalperiod.TheWife’sideasaboutmarriageareshowntocoincidewithideaswhichweredevelopinginChaucer’ssocietyasaresultofsocialandeconomicchangesinfourteenth-centuryEngland,resultingincha