Januarie and May in Chaucer's 'Merchant's Tale'

Author / Editor
Cooke, Jessica.

Title
Januarie and May in Chaucer's 'Merchant's Tale'

Published
English Studies 78 (1997): 407-16.

Description
Medieval texts on the ages of humankind (such as "The Parlement of the Thre Ages") indicate that January of MerT is not extremely old or about to die; he is at the transition between middle and old age. May is in early stage of adulthood.

Chaucer Subjects
Merchant and His Tale.