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Page 84
... woman is as good as another . It is true that his remarks are intended to comfort Troilus and that the narrator him- self stresses , as Boccaccio did not , that Pandarus ' proposal to abandon Cris- eyde is prompted by his desperate ...
... woman is as good as another . It is true that his remarks are intended to comfort Troilus and that the narrator him- self stresses , as Boccaccio did not , that Pandarus ' proposal to abandon Cris- eyde is prompted by his desperate ...
Page 131
... woman at racke and at manger.'27 Medieval didactic writers make frequent use of the analogy of a woman to a horse . Wyclif , who applied the English proverb just cited , in The lanterne of lizt declares : ' þere ben poo þat steerchen or ...
... woman at racke and at manger.'27 Medieval didactic writers make frequent use of the analogy of a woman to a horse . Wyclif , who applied the English proverb just cited , in The lanterne of lizt declares : ' þere ben poo þat steerchen or ...
Page 137
... woman as riding her husband and using spurs on him , ' Son cheval en fist la barnesse / Et le poignait comme une asnesse ' ( 1091 ) . The sexual significance of the spur is , of course , obvious , and indeed , etymologically cauchemar ...
... woman as riding her husband and using spurs on him , ' Son cheval en fist la barnesse / Et le poignait comme une asnesse ' ( 1091 ) . The sexual significance of the spur is , of course , obvious , and indeed , etymologically cauchemar ...
Contents
The Traditions | 1 |
Aspects of Chaucers Use of Animals | 12 |
Animals Mainly from Tradition | 31 |
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