496 The Wife of Bath (with Marion Turner)
The History of Literature
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How to Write a Biography of a Person Who Didn't Exist
Professor Marion Turner is an expert in Chaucer and the wife of Bath. She styled her new book as a biography about someone who did not actually exist. Professor Turner: I wanted to tell lots of women's stories, so by taking this woman as my lensI could then really listen to lots of other women's stories.
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