Geoffrey Chaucer

In the first full length feminist reading of Chaucer's works leading medieval scholar Jill Mann explores the ways in which Chaucer addressed the problem of how to represent"woman" in terms that broke free of the traditional polarities of "good" and "bad". "victim" and "shrew", and how she was evaluated for herself, rather than from the male standpoint implied in their formation. Written with clarity and insight, this study will be invaluable to all students of Chaucer who are interested in questions of gender.