'As swete as is the roote of lycorys, or any cetewale' Herbal Imagery in Chaucer's 'Miller's Tale

Author / Editor
Nitzsche, Jane Chance.

Title
'As swete as is the roote of lycorys, or any cetewale' Herbal Imagery in Chaucer's 'Miller's Tale

Published
Chaucer Newsletter 2, 1 (1980): 6-8.

Description
Chaucer uses herbal imagery of licorice and cetewale, breath sweeteners associated with love in MilT, to establish the theme of character dependence on them. Cetewale is aphrodisiac; licorice quenches thirst; love is reduced to the physical and ephemeral.

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale.