Januarie's Sin against Nature: The "Merchant's Tale" and the "Roman de la Rose."
- Author / Editor
- Economou, George D.
Januarie's Sin against Nature: The "Merchant's Tale" and the "Roman de la Rose."
- Published
- Comparative Literature 17.3 (1965): 251-57.
- Description
- Argues that the image of the mirror of January's mind in MerT (4.1577-87) derives from the "Roman de la Rose" and connects with Chaucer's garden setting to underscore the selfish narcissism of January's distorted love-seeking.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Merchant and His Tale
Sources, Analogues and Literary Relations