... I find so amazing in these two self styled performances of confession and romance, separated as they are by 600 years and phenomenological existence is that both express their individuality in terms of sexual autonomy and control. Both The Wife of Bath and Madonna know how to "play the game."" The Wife of Bath wants the free dinner as much as anyone ... : The Calamitous 14th Century. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. Moore, Andrew. "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale- Study Guide."" www.shunsley.eril.net. 2000. http://www.shunsley.net/armoore/poetry/wifebath.htm Hagan, Susan K. "Reading...

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