Lives of the Miller's Tale
Subtitle: The Roots, Composition and Retellings of Chaucer's Bawdy Story
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780786493937
Subjects: Chaucer, geoffrey, -1400, criticism and interpretation
Description: "With his Miller's Tale Chaucer transformed a colorless Middle Dutch account into the lively, dramatic story of raunchy Nicholas, sexy Alison, foolish John and squeamish Absolon. This book focuses on the ways the narrative more effective through dialogue, scene division, music, visual effects and staging. The book's second half covers more than 30 of the tale's retellings"--