Chaucer and the Fictions of Gender

Hansen, Elaine T. Chaucer and the Fictions of Gender. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1992. Print.

This book, Chaucer and the Fictions of Gender, obviously has a lot to do with Chaucer's discussion of gender within The Canterbury Tales and some of his other works. I liked it because she seems to take an opposing view to what many of the critics say about Chaucer. For example, her discussion on the Wife of Bath has to do with the fact that the wife cannot escape the antifeminism within the culture because she only has the ability to use discourse that men have made popular in the primarily male-dominated culture. I have this book checked out right now, so just let me know if it sounds like it will help anyone with their papers.