The Inhibited and Uninhibited: Ironic Structure in the "Miller's Tale."

Author / Editor
Birney, Earle.

Title
The Inhibited and Uninhibited: Ironic Structure in the "Miller's Tale."

Published
Neophilologus 44 (1960): 333-38.

Description
Explores the diction and imagery of MilT, focusing on oral and olfactory instances for the ways that they ironically anticipate details of the plot, particularly the misdirected kiss received by Absolon and colter-burn he directs at Nicholas.

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale
Style and Versification