Curious Labor in the "Miller's Tale."

Author / Editor
Newhauser, Richard, and Michael Raby.

Title
Curious Labor in the "Miller's Tale."

Published
ELH 86 (2019): 1-25.

Description
Contends that the confrontation between the carpenter John and the clerk Nicholas in MilT provides dramatic context for the exploration of anti-intellectualism and intellectual curiosity. Claims that in MilT it is the "combination of humor and skepticism in the confrontation of intellectual and manual labor, more than an insistence on either speculative inquiry or a rejection of 'curiositas,'
that marks Chaucer's particular contributions to the long history of medieval curiosity."

Contributor
Raby, Michael.

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale