Lovers and Riders in Chaucer's 'Anelida and Aricte'
- Author / Editor
- Gillam, Doreen M. E.
Lovers and Riders in Chaucer's 'Anelida and Aricte'
- Published
- English Studies 63 (1982): 394-401.
- Description
- Chaucer often used the horse-and-rider image as a metaphor for sexual "maistrie." In Anel the image illustrates Arcite's failure to exercise mastery over either of his ladies, chafing like a restless horse in the service of Anelida while playing the tame beast to the New Lady.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Anelida and Arcite.