Flattery and the Mermaid in Chaucer's 'Nun's Priest's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Houwen, L. A. J. R.
Flattery and the Mermaid in Chaucer's 'Nun's Priest's Tale'
- Published
- L. A. J. R. Houwen, ed. Animals and the Symbolic in Mediaeval Art and Literature. Mediaevalia Groningana, no. 20 (Groningen: Egbert Forsten, 1997), pp. 77-92.
- Series
- Mediaevalia Groningana, no. 20.
- Description
- Assesses references to mermaids' singing in medieval tradition to argue that Chaucer's reference (NPT 7.3270) suggests flattery and thereby anticipates Chauntecleer's fall.
- Contributor
- Houwen, L. A. J. R.,ed.
- Alternative Title
- Animals and the Symbolic in Mediaeval Art and Literature.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Nun's Priest and His Tale.