A Beastly Origin : Journeys from the 'Oxes Stalle' in Chaucer's Poetry

Author / Editor
Marino, John B.

Title
A Beastly Origin : Journeys from the 'Oxes Stalle' in Chaucer's Poetry

Published
Essays in Medieval Studies 13: 121-29, 1996.

Description
Explores the imagery of oxen, stalls, and yoking in Boethian and Christian traditions, arguing that they underlie Chaucer's allegorical uses of the imagery in Truth, ClT, NPT, and the CT at large.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Canterbury Tales--General.
Clerk and His Tale.
Nun's Priest and His Tale.
Truth.