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Is contained inThe Works of Geoffrey Chaucer by Geoffrey Chaucer (indirect) The Riverside Chaucer by Geoffrey Chaucer (indirect) The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer (indirect) Chaucer's Major Poetry by Geoffrey Chaucer (indirect)
In the face of vociferous protestations from his friends, age-withered January selects a radiant young wife. His beloved--innocence embodied, to the untrained eye--wastes little time acquainting herself with his servants. Taking advantage of her husband's blindness, she explores her carnal appetite with his footman, with little regard for dignity. Chaucer's genius is to elevate her transgression to the level of gender politics; as deities intervene to decide the plight of future man and woman, the full import of January and May's relationship is revealed. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)821.1Literature English English poetry 1066-1400 Early English period, medieval periodLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |