'Al the Revers Seyn of This Sentence': The Enigma of Dream Interpretation in Chaucer's 'Nun's Priest's Tale'

Author / Editor
Paley, Karen Surman.

Title
'Al the Revers Seyn of This Sentence': The Enigma of Dream Interpretation in Chaucer's 'Nun's Priest's Tale'

Published
Dreaming 4 (1994): 205-12.

Description
The fact that Chauntecleer defies his dream and still escapes harm "raises serious questions about the validity of dream interpretation, leaving the reader with a sense that dreams mean whatever we want them to."

Chaucer Subjects
Nun's Priest and His Tale.