Reading the 'Miller's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Edden, Valerie.
Reading the 'Miller's Tale'
- Published
- Ilha do Desterro 18:2 (1987):15-33.
- Description
- Analyzes MilT "using a theory of narrative analogous with transformational grammar," which assumes not merely a "grammar of narrative" but also "narrative competence," or ability of the reader or hearer to understand. Edden explores the function of minor features in the furthering of the plot and concludes that the perennial popularity of MilT is due in part to its juxtaposing polarities without resolving them.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Miller and His Tale.