Pandarus's 'Haselwode': A Comparative Approach to a Chaucerian Puzzle

Author / Editor
Wentersdorf, Karl P.

Title
Pandarus's 'Haselwode': A Comparative Approach to a Chaucerian Puzzle

Published
Studies in Philology 89 (1992): 293-313.

Description
"Hazel" imagery in medieval and Renaissance literature suggests a meaning for Chaucer's "haselwode" quite different from the traditional interpretations--one rooted in poetic convention (erotic imagery) and social custom (going a-nutting).

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.