Extimacy in the Miller's Tale

Author / Editor
Aloni, Gila.

Title
Extimacy in the Miller's Tale

Published
Chaucer Review 41 (2006): 163-84.

Description
The relation between public and private in MilT may be understood as the condition of "extimacy": "the presence of the Other at the place thought to be most intimate." The "structure of extimacy" frustrates masculine attempts to control or acquire Alisoun as a private possession and affords her unusual freedom.

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale.