The Wife of Bath in Afterlife Ballads to Blake |
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| Author:
| Bowden, Betsy |
| Series title: | Studies in Text and Print Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61146-243-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2017 |
| Publisher: | Lehigh University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $140.00 |
Book Description:
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This study investigates interpretation of a late-fourteenth-century fictional character in both verbal and visual art of the period 1660-1810. Audiovisual analysis and diachronic afterlife studies intertwine concerning the Wife of Bath in songs, scholarship, commentary, poetic paraphrases, musical theater in London and on the Continent, paintings, and book illustrations.
This study investigates interpretation of a late-fourteenth-century fictional character in both verbal and visual art of the period 1660-1810. Audiovisual analysis and diachronic afterlife studies intertwine concerning the Wife of Bath in songs, scholarship, commentary, poetic paraphrases, musical theater in London and on the Continent, paintings, and book illustrations.