Reading Women in Late Medieval Europe
Anne of Bohemia and Chaucer’s Female Audience| By: | Alfred Thomas |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Print ISBN: | 9781137544193 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781137542601 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2015 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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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.