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Introduction
Chapter One Chaucer and Women
1.1 Chaucer and Court Ladies
1.2 Chaucer and the Medieval Polarized View on Women
1.3 Chaucer and the General Situation of Women
Chapter Two Misogynic Influences and Stereotypical Representations: The Archwife
2.1 The Wife as the Gossip
2.2 The Wife as the Shrew
2.3 The Wife as the Lustful Widow
Chapter Three Innovative Elements and Feminist Consciousness: The Independent Woman
3.1 The Wife as Tradeswoman
3.2 The Wife as Intellectual Authority
Chapter Four Androgynous Pursuit: "Man-Woman"
4.1 The Wife in Search of the Other Half
4.2 The Wife in Androgynous Pursuit in the Tale
Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgements