A Chaucerian Crux: "Spiced Conscience," "CT" I(A) 526, III(D) 435.
- Author / Editor
- Biggins, D.
A Chaucerian Crux: "Spiced Conscience," "CT" I(A) 526, III(D) 435.
- Published
- English Studies 47 (1966): 169-80.
- Description
- Explores the meanings and implications of the phrase "spiced conscience" in Middle English and later English language history, arguing that in both the GP description of the Parson (1.526) and the Wife of Bath's admonition to her husband (WBP 3.435) the phrase means "long-suffering sensibility," and adducing internal evidence and the English proverbial claim that beaten spice smells sweetly.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies
Wife of Bath and Her Tale
Parson and His Tale