Chaucerian 'Pryvetee' and the Opposition to Time
- Author / Editor
- Blodgett, E. D.
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.