The Mind Distended: The 'Retraction' 'Miller's Tale,' and 'Summoner'sTale'

Author / Editor
Tschann, Judith.

Title
The Mind Distended: The 'Retraction' 'Miller's Tale,' and 'Summoner'sTale'

Published
Jean E. Jost, ed. Chaucer's Humor: Critical Essays (New York and London: Garland, 1994), pp. 349-78.

Description
Like Ret, the farts in MiltT and SumT remake something for their recipients. On the highest level of abstraction, they combine to remake time from the "end" perspective of death.

Alternative Title
Chaucer's Humor: Critical Essays.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Retraction.
Miller and His Tale.
Summoner and His Tale.