S. Elizabeth Passmore is Associate Professor of English at the University of Southern Indiana, and specializes in Chaucer, Ricardian Literature, and the history of the English language. Susan Carter is a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland and contributes to the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, the Art of Supervision and the supervision seminar series within the Centre for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsPrefaceIntroduction by S. Elizabeth Passmore and Susan CarterThrough the Counsel of a Lady: The Irish and English Loathly Lady Tales and the "Mirrors for Princes' Genre" by S. Elizabeth PassmoreThe Politics of Strengthe and Vois in Gower's Loathly Lady Tale by R. F. YeagerSovereignty through the Lady: "The Wife of Bath's Tale" and the Queenship of Anne of Bohemia by Elizabeth M. Biebel-StanleyA Hymenation of Hags by Susan CarterFolklore and Powerful Women in Gower's "Tale of Florent" by Russell A. PeckControlling the Loathly Lady, or What Really Frees Dame Ragnelle by Paul Gaffney"The Marriage of Sir Gawain": Piecing the Fragments Together by Stephanie HollisA Jungian Approach to the Ballad "King Henry" by Mary Edwards ShanerRepainting the Lion: "The Wife of Bath's Tale" and a Traditional British Ballad by Lynn M. WollstadtWhy Dame Ragnell Had to Die: Feminine Usurpation of Male Authority in "The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell" by Mary LeechBrains or Beauty: Limited Sovereignty in the Loathly Lady Tales "The Wife of Bath's Tale," "Thomas of Erceldoune," and "The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle" by Ellen M. Caldwell