Beth fructuous and that in litel space: The Engendering of Harry Bailly
- Author / Editor
- Plummer John F.
Beth fructuous and that in litel space: The Engendering of Harry Bailly
- Published
- Robert G. Benson and Susan J. Ridyard, eds. New Readings of Chaucer's Poetry (Rochester, N.Y., and Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2003), pp. 107-18.
- Description
- Plummer explores sexual references and innuendoes in the speeches of the Host, arguing that sexual and textual power are inseparable for the Host. The Parson's concern with spiritual productivity balances the Host's concern with physical generation, reflecting two different understandings of pilgrimage.
- Alternative Title
- New Readings of Chaucer's Poetry.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General.
- Parson and His Tale