Grumbly Grimblies, Frozen Dogs, and Other Boojums: Eccentricity from Chaucer to Carroll in English Psychedelia

Author / Editor
Grant, Peter.

Title
Grumbly Grimblies, Frozen Dogs, and Other Boojums: Eccentricity from Chaucer to Carroll in English Psychedelia

Published
Thomas M. Kitts and Nick Baxter-Moore, eds. The Routledge Companion to Popular Music and Humor (New York: Routledge, 2019), pp. 49-57.

Description
Traces a tradition of nonsense and humor in English psychedelic rock music, mentioning Chaucer's influence (specifically NPT as a mock epic) and a few allusions to Chaucer in the lyrics of psychedelic songs.

Contributor
Kitts, Thomas M., ed.
Baxter-Moore, Nick, ed.

Alternative Title
Routledge Companion to Popular Music and Humor

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Nun's Priest and His Tale