Funny Money: Puns and Currency in the Shipman's Tale
- Author / Editor
- Sheridan, Christian.
Funny Money: Puns and Currency in the Shipman's Tale
- Published
- Sandra M. Hordis and Paul Hardwick, eds. Medieval English Comedy (Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2007), pp. 111-23.
- Description
- Sheridan assesses the "common logic" of puns and money in ShT. Both pose the threat of vacuity--meaninglessness or lack of value--while simultaneously offering pleasure.
- Alternative Title
- Medieval English Comedy.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Shipman and His Tale