Beauty

Author / Editor
Nolan, Maura.

Title
Beauty

Published
Paul Strohm, ed. Middle English (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 207-21.

Description
Nolan argues that the description of Alison in MilT is Chaucer's means to "stage an investigation or exploration of the relationship of beauty to individual perspectives . . . and the idea of a universal aesthetic." The passage also confronts the "problem" of the usefulness of beauty.

Alternative Title
Middle English (Strohm)

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale.