The Wife of Bath's Bele Chose.

The Wife of Bath's famous erudition, resistance to authority, and unapologetic sexuality all come together in one of Chaucer's epithets for her private parts. Bele chose (beautiful thing) occurs only three times: in Chaucer's prologue to the Wife of Bath's Tale, in a Middle English translation of a...

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Published in:	Chaucer Review Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 336 - 350
Main Author:	BJORK, ROBERT E.
Format:	Article
Published:	Pennsylvania State University Press 2018
Subjects:	Canterbury Tales. The Wife of Bath's Tale Wife of Bath (Fictional character) Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 Human sexuality in literature Medieval literature
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost