Chaucer's “Nun's Priest's Tale,” VII.3218
Abstract The statement that the fox in Chaucer's Nun's Priest's Tale breaks through a hedge to penetrate Chauntec1eer's barnyard would seem to conflict with the earlier description of the barnyard as surrounded by a fence and a dry ditch. The apparent anomaly may be resolved, how...
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
1989-06-01
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| Series: | Names |
| Online Access: | http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1205 |
| Summary: | Abstract
The statement that the fox in Chaucer's Nun's Priest's Tale breaks through a hedge to penetrate Chauntec1eer's barnyard would seem to conflict with the earlier description of the barnyard as surrounded by a fence and a dry ditch. The apparent anomaly may be resolved, however, if we recognize that breaking through hedges could be a conventional activity for a fox, not necessarily linked to the topography of a particular expedition. Such a possibility is suggested by the name Percehaie ‘hedge breaker’ of Renart's son in Le Roman de Renart, one of the sources for Chaucer's tale.
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| ISSN: | 0027-7738 1756-2279 |