Wykked Wyves and the Woes of Marriage - Misogamous Literature from Juvenal to Chaucer

Analysis of the literature demonstrates a link between the growing secularism and careerism of the late middle ages and the reduction of women's social status and public options.

About the author

Katharina M. Wilson is Associate Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Georgia. Elizabeth M. Makowski is in the Department of History at Columbia University.

Product details

• Authors: Katharina M. Wilson
• Assisted by: Elizabeth M Makowski (Editor), Elizabeth M. Makowski (Editor), Katharina M Wilson (Editor), Katharina M. Wilson (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.09.1990
• EAN: 9780791400630
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-0063-0
• No. of pages: 206
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 230 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 290 g
• Series: SUNY Series in Medieval Studie; SUNY Series in Medieval Studie; Suny Medieval Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies