Talk:The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale

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Minor edits of the prose, added and corrected plot details. DigitalMedievalist 22:00, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC) Lisa

[edit] Antifeminism?

"Chaucer was taking inspiration from a significant amount of antifeminist literature around at the time but it is far from clear whether he is copying these sentiments or slyly lampooning them."

I'm mildly bemused by this - can medieval literature really be described as "antifeminist" before the existence of a definable "feminist" viewpoint? It seems anachronistic at best, and patent silliness at worst... perhaps "misogynistic" would be more correct? Shimgray | talk | 16:40, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

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