Reading Women In Late Medieval Europe: Anne Of Bohemia And Chaucer’s Female Audience
by Alfred Thomas /
2015 / English / PDF
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Although Chaucer is typically labeled as the "Father of English Literature," evidence shows that his work appealed to Europe and specifically European women. Rereading the Canterbury Tales , Thomas argues that Chaucer imagined Anne of Bohemia, wife of famed Richard II, as an ideal reader, an aspect that came to greatly affect his writing.
