A Model of the Ideal and Natural in Social Groups in 'Mum and the Sothsegger': A Metaphorical Analysis

Author / Editor
Asaka, Yoshiko.

Title
A Model of the Ideal and Natural in Social Groups in 'Mum and the Sothsegger': A Metaphorical Analysis

Published
Yoshiyuki Nakao and Yoko Iyeiri, eds. Chaucer's Language: Cognitive Perspectives (Suita: Osaka, 2013), pp. 125-48.

Description
Interprets the ideological content of "Mum and the Sothsegger" metaphorically by viewing it as advice on king's rule and social hierarchy. Refers to thematically relevant passages from CT and TC.

Alternative Title
Chaucer's Language: Cognitive Perspectives.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General
Troilus and Criseyde