Ironical Resonances in the 'Merchant's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Wurtele, Douglas (J.)
Ironical Resonances in the 'Merchant's Tale'
- Published
- Chaucer Review 13 (1978): 66-79.
- Description
- Alongside January's outright parody of "Canticum Canticorum," a web of allusions thereto sets up an ironic juxtaposition of May and the Virgin Mary, reinforcing the bitterness permeating MerT; these subtle allusions also reflect the Merchant's desire to offer May as an ironic contrast to the Virgin-type Griselda of preceding ClT.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Merchant and His Tale.