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A Lady Philosophy or A Concealed Wife of Bath: Geoffrey Chaucer’s Prudence in the Tale of Melibee

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A Lady Philosophy or A Concealed Wife of Bath: Geoffrey Chaucer’s Prudence in the Tale of Melibee

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Renowned as a reference book of Dante and Chaucer, Boethius’s Consolation of Philosopy occupies a peerless room in literary realm. Dante draws on the Boethian elements in his Vita Nuova, the Convivio and the Commedia. Among his other works, Chaucer’s making use of Boethius’s Consolation in Troilus and Criseyde has been well documented by Chaucerians. A work belonging to the time of the collapse of the Roman Empire, Consolation focuses on fate, fortune and free will and was translated into numerous languages even by Chaucer himself, Boece, and by an Anglo-Saxon king, Alfred the Great. Recognised as a philosophical treatise, this exceptional work embraces a patchwork of Aristotelian, Stoic, Epicurean, and neo-Platonic thoughts. Alongside its philosophical concerns, featuring Lady Philosophy as a guide, teacher and a doctor to Boethius, Consolation suggests the authority of women over men via the power of female discourse. Tracing the footsteps of Lady Philosophy, another female character, Chaucer’s Prudence in the Tale of Melibee consoles and guides her husband Melibee to goodness via her powerful discourse. Mostly treated as a dull text by critics, the Tale of Melibee is put in the category of the least favourite tales of Chaucer. In this paper, yet, I will focus on the tale with positive lens and read it as a text revealing the mastery and authority of women over men reversing the gender roles in a period well-known for its misogyny. Thereby, I assert that Prudence is an undisclosed Wife of Bath who raises the flag of victory in the everlasting power struggle between women and men. Finally, the paper comes to an end with an appeal for attraction in that women should take their share in real world alongside in fiction in accordance with Virginia Woolf’s argument in A Room of One’s Own.

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Yayımlanma Tarihi

21 Haziran 2022

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20 Mayıs 2022

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20 Haziran 2022

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2022 Sayı: 28

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APA
Yıldız, N. (2022). A Lady Philosophy or A Concealed Wife of Bath: Geoffrey Chaucer’s Prudence in the Tale of Melibee. RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 28, 498-507. https://doi.org/10.29000/rumelide.1132591
AMA
1.Yıldız N. A Lady Philosophy or A Concealed Wife of Bath: Geoffrey Chaucer’s Prudence in the Tale of Melibee. RumeliDE. 2022;(28):498-507. doi:10.29000/rumelide.1132591
Chicago
Yıldız, Nazan. 2022. “A Lady Philosophy or A Concealed Wife of Bath: Geoffrey Chaucer’s Prudence in the Tale of Melibee”. RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, sy 28: 498-507. https://doi.org/10.29000/rumelide.1132591.
EndNote
Yıldız N (01 Haziran 2022) A Lady Philosophy or A Concealed Wife of Bath: Geoffrey Chaucer’s Prudence in the Tale of Melibee. RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi 28 498–507.
IEEE
[1]N. Yıldız, “A Lady Philosophy or A Concealed Wife of Bath: Geoffrey Chaucer’s Prudence in the Tale of Melibee”, RumeliDE, sy 28, ss. 498–507, Haz. 2022, doi: 10.29000/rumelide.1132591.
ISNAD
Yıldız, Nazan. “A Lady Philosophy or A Concealed Wife of Bath: Geoffrey Chaucer’s Prudence in the Tale of Melibee”. RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi. 28 (01 Haziran 2022): 498-507. https://doi.org/10.29000/rumelide.1132591.
JAMA
1.Yıldız N. A Lady Philosophy or A Concealed Wife of Bath: Geoffrey Chaucer’s Prudence in the Tale of Melibee. RumeliDE. 2022;:498–507.
MLA
Yıldız, Nazan. “A Lady Philosophy or A Concealed Wife of Bath: Geoffrey Chaucer’s Prudence in the Tale of Melibee”. RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, sy 28, Haziran 2022, ss. 498-07, doi:10.29000/rumelide.1132591.
Vancouver
1.Nazan Yıldız. A Lady Philosophy or A Concealed Wife of Bath: Geoffrey Chaucer’s Prudence in the Tale of Melibee. RumeliDE. 01 Haziran 2022;(28):498-507. doi:10.29000/rumelide.1132591