Geoffrey Chaucer 'The Miller's Tale' from 'The Canterbury Tales (ca. 1390-1400)

Author / Editor
Hühn, Peter.

Title
Geoffrey Chaucer 'The Miller's Tale' from 'The Canterbury Tales (ca. 1390-1400)

Published
Peter Hühn, and others, ed. Eventfulness in British Fiction. Narratologia: Contributions to Narrative Theory, no. 18 (New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2010), pp. 17-30.

Series
Narratologia: Contributions to Narrative Theory, no. 18.

Description
Examines the tripartite plot structure of MilT and its "two oppositional" contexts, i.e., the ethical demands of its religious allusions and the subversiveness of its fabliau genre. The combination produces a "complex event structure full of suspense" and a sense of "poetic justice" guided by reason.

Alternative Title
Eventfulness in British Fiction.

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale