Sqeamishness and Exorcism in Chaucer's 'Miller's Tale'

Author / Editor
Clark, Roy P[eter].

Title
Sqeamishness and Exorcism in Chaucer's 'Miller's Tale'

Published
Thoth: Syracuse Graduate Studies in English 14.1 (1973-74): 37-43.

Description
Exemplifies associations of demons and scatology in folklore and early literature, arguing that they underlie Absolon's "symbolic function as demon-villain" in MilT.

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations