Chaucer, women and food - 'pured whete seed' and 'hoten barly-breed'
Medium
Periodical Article
Medium
- part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Dec2008 (Volume) 42
Classif
820 EMA
Subject
Women
Page
22-24
Authors
Lee, Katy
Contents
While the Miller and Merchant see their young wives simply as tender morsels, Katy Lee discovers that in 'The Canterbury Tales' Chaucer uses the imagery of food to far more subversive ends.
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