The Adoption of Conventions in Alysoun in the Harley Lyrics 2253, f. 63 and in The Miller's Tale
- Author / Editor
- Hamaguchi, Keiko.
The Adoption of Conventions in Alysoun in the Harley Lyrics 2253, f. 63 and in The Miller's Tale
- Description
- Chaucer's descriptions of Alison and of Absolon's love of her in MilT parody the courtly diction and conventions found in "Alysoun" of the Harley lyrics. Possibly, Chaucer was influenced by the lyric.
- Reprinted in Keiko Hamaguchi, Chaucer and Women (Tokyo: Eihosha, 2005).
- Alternative Title
- Chaucer and Women.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Miller and His Tale.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations,