Medicine, Aging, and Sexuality in Chaucer's 'Reeve's Prologue,' 'Merchant's Tale,' and 'Miller's Tale'

Author / Editor
Everest, Carol Ann.

Title
Medicine, Aging, and Sexuality in Chaucer's 'Reeve's Prologue,' 'Merchant's Tale,' and 'Miller's Tale'

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 53 (1993): 4331A.

Description
Because modern medical theories tend to slight classical and medieval theories (Galen, Aristotle, Avicenna), some of Chaucer's works are usually imperfectly understood. (For instance, flatulence was associated with virility.)

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Miller and His Tale.
Reeve and His Tale.
Merchant and His Tale.