Jokes, Jests, Pranks, and Play in the "Cook's Tale."

Author / Editor
Bertolet, Craig E.

Title
Jokes, Jests, Pranks, and Play in the "Cook's Tale."

Published
In The Open Access Companion to the Canterbury Tales. https://opencanterburytales.dsl.lsu.edu, 2017.

Physical Description
[7 pp.]

Description
Comments on the possibly harmful and/or fraudulent aspects of "japes" in CkPT, offering information about the food trade in medieval London and considering the Cook's "mormel" (GP 1.386) to be a sign of his vulnerability. Designed for pedagogical use, includes several questions for discussion.

Alternative Title
The Open Access Companion to the Canterbury Tales.

Chaucer Subjects
Cook and His Tale