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Sleeping in EQ 07-14-2007 08:39 PM

Does anyone have a favorite Canterbury Tale?
 
I've been re-reading them for fun and would love to chat about them.

Surfah 07-14-2007 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ (Post 101397)
I've been re-reading them for fun and would love to chat about them.

I guess this will reflect poorly on my refined taste and sense of humor, but I always loved the Miller and the Reeve's Tale. Pretty bawdy stuff.

Sleeping in EQ 07-14-2007 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by surfah33 (Post 101408)
I guess this will reflect poorly on my refined taste and sense of humor, but I always loved the Miller and the Reeve's Tale. Pretty bawdy stuff.

Those are both good tales. The Miller's being a not-so veiled criticism of Medieval European Catholocism with, I think, allusions to Mary, Joseph, and Gabriel.

The Reeve's tale isn't quite as bawdy as the Miller's, but I'll never think of "grinding corn" in quite the same way again!

Archaea 07-15-2007 12:54 AM

The Physician's Tale I found interesting by focusing upon the daughter, and the tragic end which we oft see in Shakespeare.


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