482 25 16536 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Cross, J. E. Published English: The Journal of the English Association 10, no. 59 (1955): 172-75. Journal by Volume Number English: The Journal of the English Association 10 Chaucer Subject Treatise on the Astrolabe Style and Versification Source mea; 11/13/2025 Date 1955 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Teaching Method, 1391: Notes on Chaucer's "Astrolabe." Description An account of the resource Surveys Astr to identify Chaucer's "teaching method," finding evidence of his attention to teaching "technically-minded small boys" that clashes at times with concern for a wider audience. Considers Astr to be "a dull, intentionally prolix but straightforward treatise." Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Robinson, Olivia. Published Daisy Delogu and Anne-Hélène Miller, eds. Approaches to Teaching the "Romance of the Rose" (New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2023), pp. 227-36. Contributor Delogu, Daisy, ed. Miller, Anne-Hélène, ed. Alternative Title Approaches to Teaching the "Romance of the Rose" Chaucer Subject Merchant and His Tale Romaunt of the Rose Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations Source SAC 47:151 Date 2023 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Teaching Middle English Literature with the "Rose." Description An account of the resource Describes goals and methods of teaching the "Roman de la Rose" in undergraduate courses that include Middle English literature. Includes attention to manuscript illustrations and to intertextual relations of MerT to Rom. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Gulley, Alison, ed. Published Amsterdam: Arc Humanities, 2018. Physical Description viii, 218 pp. Chaucer Subject Background and General Criticism Source SAC 43:106 Date 2018 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Teaching Rape in the Medieval Literature Classroom: Approaches to Difficult Texts. Description An account of the resource Includes thirteen essays by various authors and an introduction by the editor, all focusing on teaching medieval narratives that involve rape, attempted rape, or false accusation while attending to twenty-first-century awareness of rape, sexual violence, and classroom politics. For three essays pertaining to Chaucer, search for Teaching Rape in the Medieval Literature Classroom under Alternative Title. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Raybin, David. Published Helen Phillips, ed. Chaucer and Religion (Cambridge: Brewer, 2010), pp. 189-95. Date 2010 Alternative Title Chaucer and Religion. Chaucer Subject Canterbury Tales--General Source mea sac 35:87. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Teaching Teachers: Chaucer, Ethics, and Romance Description An account of the resource Offers approaches to teaching ethics and spirituality in CT. Provides models and suggestions for teaching CT, and for preparing seminars and conferences designed for new or experienced teachers. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Jost, Jean E. Published Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching 8.1: 61-69, 2000. Date 2000 Chaucer Subject Canterbury Tales--General. Journal by Volume Number Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching 08 (2000) Source jules SAC 24 (210) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Teaching The Canterbury Tales : The Process and the Product Description An account of the resource Recommends a learning-centered approach to teaching CT in which students collaborate to produce a creative imitation of Chaucer's work. Description of college-level assignment included. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Pugh, Tison. Published SMART 16.2 (2009): 111-25. Date 2009 Chaucer Subject Tale of Sir Thopas Journal by Volume Number Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching 16 (2009). Source vxl sac 33:164 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Teaching the Genders of Medieval Romance with Parodies: A Case Study Featuring Guerin's 'Long-Assed Berenger,' Chaucer's 'Tale of Sir Thopas,' and 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' Description An account of the resource Pugh explores opportunities for defining gender conventions of romance by examining parodies: knightly masculinity in Guerin's "Long-Assed Berenger" and in Th, and gender construction in episodes from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Sylvester, Louise. Published Gail Ashton and Louise Sylvester, eds. Teaching Chaucer (New York and Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), pp. 81-95. Date 2007 Alternative Title Teaching Chaucer. Chaucer Subject Language and Word Studies. Source vxl SAC 31:77 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Teaching the Language of Chaucer Description An account of the resource Explores an apparent disconnect between pedagogical goals of classes that study Chaucer's literature and those that study the history of the English language, suggesting that sociolinguistic approaches can help bridge the gap. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Horobin, Simon. Published Gail Ashton and Louise Sylvester, eds. Teaching Chaucer (New York and Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), pp. 96-104. Date 2007 Alternative Title Teaching Chaucer. Chaucer Subject Manuscripts and Textual Studies. Source vxl SAC 31:31 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Teaching the Language of Chaucer Manuscripts Description An account of the resource Argues that analyzing Chaucerian manuscripts and comparing them with edited versions can help students discover important principles of variation and evidence. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Clifton, Nicole. Published Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching 20. 1 (2013): 99-109. Journal by Volume Number Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching 20 (2013) Chaucer Subject Man of Law and His Tale Source mea; 12/16/2021 Date 2013 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Teaching the Man of Law's Tale. Description An account of the resource Offers an approach to teaching MLT that encourages "students to question their own identities and own attitudes toward race and, in doing so, come to a more complex understanding" of Chaucer's story. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Bankert, Dabney A. Published SMART 16.1 (2009): 39-61. Date 2009 Chaucer Subject Background and General Criticism. Journal by Volume Number Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching 16 (2009). Source vxl sac 33:60 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Teaching the Middle Ages Through Travel in a Semester Residential Program Description An account of the resource Pedagogy, syllabus, sample assignments, and itineraries for a semester-long, London-based excursion course on English medieval literature, including Chaucer. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Ridley, Florence (H.) Published Robert Graybill, Judy Hample, and Robert Lovell, eds. Teaching the Middle Ages IV (Terre Haute: Indiana State University Press, 1990), pp. 1-26. Date 1990 Alternative Title Teaching the Middle Ages IV. Chaucer Subject Canterbury Tales--General. Source mea. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Teaching the Middle Ages: The Challenge of Chaucer Description An account of the resource Pedagogical commentary on CT aligned with reader-response theory and affective stylistics. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Hennequin, M. Wendy. Published Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching 24, no. 1 (2017): 121-40. Journal by Volume Number Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching 24 (2017) Chaucer Subject Background and General Criticism Source mea; SAC 44:136 Date 2017 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Teaching the Past Present: Re-Creation and Reproduction in the University Classroom. Description An account of the resource Justifies the use of historical re-creation assignments in university classrooms, offering in appendices a sample assignment and a grading rubric. Describes examples of more and less successful student projects, with commentary and illustrations, including a number of projects produced for Chaucer classes. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Hahn, Thomas. Published Exemplaria 4 (1992): 431-40. Date 1992 Chaucer Subject Wife of Bath and Her Tale. Journal by Volume Number Exemplaria 04 (1992). Source mea Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Teaching the Resistent Woman: The Wife of Bath and the Academy Description An account of the resource In WBP, Chaucer represents the Wife of Bath as Woman conceived in terms of masculine discourse. His presentation makes authoritative misogynist discourse both familiar and available for questioning. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Ambrisco, Alan S. Published SMART 10.1: 5-18, 2003. Date 2003 Chaucer Subject Squire and His Tale. Journal by Volume Number Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching 10 (2003) Source vxl SAC 27:220 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Teaching the Squire's Tale as an Exercise in Literary History Description An account of the resource Ambrisco describes teaching SqT as an "unsolved problem in Chaucerian reception"--SqT is a work favored by the Franklin and early readers such as Spenser and Milton, but decried or ignored by formalist critics. Opening class discussion to the Orientalism of SqT, this approach empowers students to develop their own understanding of the Tale and of other works of medieval literature. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Szell, Timea. Published English Language Notes 47.1 (2009): 147-57. Date 2009 Chaucer Subject Knight and His Tale Journal by Volume Number English Language Notes 47 (2009). Source vxl sac 33:115 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Teaching Unstable Animal Identities in Medieval Narrative Description An account of the resource Pedagogical report on how to study animal and human identity in Hebrew Scripture, Ovid, and medieval narrative to acquire the interpretive skills to understand postmodern texts and culture. Animals in the imagery and narrative of KnT enable readers to question categories of the human as unique and to understand the text's "containing and shaping impulses." Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Lynch, Kathryn L. Published Richard F. Gyug, ed. Medieval Cultures in Contact. Fordham Series in Medieval Studies, no. 1 (New York: Fordham University Press, 2003), pp. 213-22. Date 2003 Alternative Title Medieval Cultures in Contact. Contributor Gyug, Richard F., ed. Chaucer Subject Squire and His Tale. Franklin and His Tale. Man of Law and His Tale. Source vxl sac 28:77 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Team Teaching the Literature of the European and Islamic Middle Ages : The European Perspective Description An account of the resource Lynch describes how a team-taught, cross-cultural course in European and Islamic literatures discovers dimensions in the literatures, including SqT, FranT, and MLT. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Havely, Nicholas (R.) Published Paul Strohm and Thomas J. Heffernan, eds. Studies in the Age of Chaucer, Proceedings, No. 1, 1984 (Knoxville, Tenn.: New Chaucer Society, 1985), pp. 51-59. Date 1985 Alternative Title Studies in the Age of Chaucer, Proceedings, No. 1 (1984) Chaucer Subject Troilus and Criseyde. Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations. Source jules SAC 09 (250) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tearing or Breathing: Dante's Influence on 'Filostrato' and 'Troilus' Description An account of the resource The development of literary imagery and language in TC, book 3, reveals the distinctiveness of Chaucer's approach to Dante's "Purgatorio;" Chaucer's power and control over the language far exceed Boccaccio's in the "Filostrato." Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Delany, Sheila. Published A. P. Foulkes, ed. The Uses of Criticism (Bern: H. Lang, 1976), pp. 77-95. Reprinted in R. A. Shoaf, ed. Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde: "Subgit to alle Poesy": Essays in Criticism. MRTS, no. 104 (Binghamton N.Y.: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1994), pp. 29-46. Date 1976 Alternative Title Uses of Criticism. Contributor Foulkes, A. P., ed. Chaucer Subject Troilus and Criseyde. Source jules - 6/10/94 SAC 1 (195) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Techniques of Alienation in 'Troilus and Criseyde' Description An account of the resource In TC Chaucer deliberately uses the technique of alienation or aesthetic distancing through devices that render ordinary characters and situations peculiar and unexpected. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Friend, Myrna M. Published Open accessPh.D. Dissertation. McGill University, 1961. Accessible at https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/kh04dt074; accessed November 15,2021. Chaucer Subject Style and Versification Anelida and Arcite Troilus and Criseyde Canterbiry Tales--General Source mea; 11/22/2021 Date 1961 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Techniques of Characterization in Chaucer. Description An account of the resource Examines the "process whereby realism evolved in Chaucer's work," particularly the "stylistic devices by which it was secured," considering Anel, TC, and various aspects of CT: early and late tales, the frame, and fabliaux. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Machan, Tim William. Published Norman, Okla. : Pilgrim Books, 1985. Date 1985 Chaucer Subject Boece. Source jules SAC 09 (221) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Techniques of Translation: Chaucer's "Boece" Description An account of the resource Although in Bo Chaucer maintains fidelity to his source, he manipulates language through periphrastic derivatives, lexical and syntactic experimentation, combined translations, double and alternate translations, and doublets. Bo as we have it was neither meant for the general public nor intended for circulation. Includes notes, bibliography, index of lines, index of names and terms. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Mueller, Crystal L. Published DAI A68.05 (2007): n.p. Date 2007 Chaucer Subject Canterbury Tales--General Wife of Bath and Her Tale. Journal by Volume Number Dissertation Abstracts International 68 (2007) Source vxl SAC 31:163 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Technologies of the Late Medieval Self: Ineffability, Distance, and Subjectivity in the 'Book of Margery Kempe' Description An account of the resource Discusses CT, especially WBP, in a study of the construction of the "self" in the late medieval and early modern periods. Focuses on how a complex sense of the self is constructed in "The Book of Margery Kempe" and developed into the seventeenth century. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Yvernault, Martine. Published Colette Stévanovitch, ed. Marges/Seuils: Le liminal dans la littérature médiévale anglaise (Nancy: AMAES, 2006), pp. 209-24. Date 2006 Alternative Title Marges/Seuils: Le liminal dans la littérature médiévale anglaise. Chaucer Subject Miller and His Tale. Source vxl sac 30:188 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tel est vu qui croyait voir: Marges, bréches, et jeux optiques dans le Conte du Meunier de Chaucer Description An account of the resource Yvernault focuses on the narrative imbalance in MilT caused by the intrusions of the margin through description of holes and through open and broken architectural structures. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Greenwood, Maria Katarzyna. Published Leo Carruthers and Adrian Papahagi, eds. Paroles et silences dans la littérature anglaise au Moyen Age (Paris : Association des Médiévistes Anglicistes de l'Enseignement Supérieur, 2003), pp. 135-54. Date 2003 Alternative Title Paroles et silences dans la littrature anglaise au Moyen Âge . Chaucer Subject Tale of Melibee. Manciple and His Tale. Parson and His Tale. Source vxl SAC 27: 149 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tell It All or Not At All: Tact, Tactlessness and Good Advice in The Manciple's Tale, The Tale of Melibee and The Parson's Tale Description An account of the resource ManT, Mel, and ParsT are hardly tales at all, but rather a joke, an allegory, and a sermon. Yet they provide interesting comparisons between speakers and listeners, ways of speaking and ways of holding back. Reading between the lines is needed before the wisdom of the works emerges. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Bugge, John Published American Notes and Queries 14 (1976): 82-85. Date 1976 Chaucer Subject Prioress and Her Tale. Friar and His Tale. Journal by Volume Number American Notes and Queries 14 (1976) Source jules - 26/9/94 SAC 1 (133) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tell-Tale Context: Two Notes on Biblical Quotation in 'The Canterbury Tales' Description An account of the resource The Prioress by omitting the passage which extolls King David in Psalm 8 betrays herself as ignorant of history. The Friar in blending vv.8-9 of Psalm 10 omits passages which chastise the aggrandisement of the friars at the expense of the poor. Chaucer says that the clergy should have followed the scriptures. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chaucer Bibliography Online ChaucerItem2 Items for the Chaucer Database Author / Editor Sell, Roger D. Published English Studies 66 (1985): 446-512 Date 1985 Chaucer Subject Miller and His Tale. Journal by Volume Number English Studies 66 (1985) Source jules SAC 09 (139) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tellability and Politeness in 'The Miller's Tale': First Steps in Literary Pragmatics Description An account of the resource Making the improbable seem momentarily probable, Chaucer risks offending his audience by telling a bawdy story, but he excuses himself and blames the Miller for any breach of good taste. Chaucer catches the reader off guard with the abrupt denouement.