Dressing Symkyn's Wife: Chaucer's Reeve's Tale and Bad Taste
Chaucer's Reeve describes the entrance of the miller Symkyn and his wife into church on a holy day as a "sighte." Why is Symkyn's wife in a red dress, and why does the Reeve consider it a spectacle? To answer these questions, this article examines Chaucer's use of the term s...
| Veröffentlicht in: | The Chaucer Review. - Pennsylvania State University Press, 1966. - 52(2017), 4, Seite 456-475 |
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| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | The Chaucer Review |
| Schlagworte: | clothing Pierre Bourdieu Reeve's Tale taste Business Applied sciences Behavioral sciences Social sciences Religion Law |
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