Imagery in the 'Knight's Tale' and the 'Miller's Tale'

Author / Editor
Dean, Christopher.

Title
Imagery in the 'Knight's Tale' and the 'Miller's Tale'

Published
Mediaeval Studies 31 (1969): 149-63.

Description
Summarizes various problems in dealing with Chaucer's imagery, and examines the imagery in KnT and MilT. In both tales, images tend to "appear in clusters" and they are oftentimes linked in "iterative" patterns to reinforce theme. Considers animal imagery, color imagery, and imagery associated with love, noting how and where specific images of the two tales vary generally in accord with tone---grand versus common.

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification
Knight and His Tale
Miller and His Tale