Laughter in Horace's Ode I. 9 and Chaucer's "Miller's Tale."

Author / Editor
Heffernan, Carol F.

Title
Laughter in Horace's Ode I. 9 and Chaucer's "Miller's Tale."

Published
Neophilologus 97 (2013): 191-97.

Description
Suggests the "possible influence" of Horace's Ode 1.9 on Alisoun's laugh in the dark in MilT, observing similarities in erotic setting, imagery, and opposition between youth and age.

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