Gender-Crossing in the 'Miller's Tale'--and a New Chaucerian Crux
- Author / Editor
- Rudat, Wolfgang E. H.
Gender-Crossing in the 'Miller's Tale'--and a New Chaucerian Crux
- Published
- Journal of Evolutionary Psychology 16 (1995): 134-46.
- Description
- Thomas W. Ross's "Variorum Edition" of MilT creates new possibilities for interpreting the misdirected kiss.
- Through multivalent language, MilT explores gender-crossing as well as gender power struggles. Actions in the window scene suggest not only sexual impotence but also "psychological castration."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Miller and His Tale.