Art and Scatology in the 'Miller's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Beidler, Peter G.
Art and Scatology in the 'Miller's Tale'
- Published
- Chaucer Review 12 (1977): 90-102.
- Description
- Chaucer's unprecedented use of the woman baring her buttocks to the lover's kiss significantly emphasizes both the active potential of the woman, the rejection of courtly traditions,and the association of food with sex. The addition of her fart intensifies Absalon's degradation and tightens the plot.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Miller and His Tale.