Chaucerian 'Pryvetee' and the Opposition to Time

Author / Editor
Blodgett, E. D.

Title
Chaucerian 'Pryvetee' and the Opposition to Time

Published
Speculum 51 (1976): 477-93.

Description
Medieval and classical notions of space and time cause "pryvetee" to be related to "oiseuse" and "otium." Spatial relationships emphasize that major events, like the little fall which occurs in the carpenter's house in MilT, are arranged around a downward view. Throughout the First Fragment that view reduces steadily.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies.
Miller and His Tale.