The Misdirected Kiss and the Lover's Malady in Chaucer's 'Miller's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Schweitzer, Edward C.
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.