The Misdirected Kiss and the Lover's Malady in Chaucer's 'Miller's Tale'

Author / Editor
Schweitzer, Edward C.

Title
The Misdirected Kiss and the Lover's Malady in Chaucer's 'Miller's Tale'

Published
Julian N. Wasserman and Robert J. Blanch, eds. Chaucer in the Eighties (Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1986), pp. 223-33.

Description
MilT and KnT use parallel portrayals of two young men, Absolon and Arcite, who suffer from the malady of false love. Although Arcite is not cured of his illness, Absolon is, through a traditional cure recorded by several medieval physicians.

Alternative Title
Chaucer in the Eighties.

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale.
Knight and His Tale.