Lives of the Miller's Tale

The Roots, Composition and Retellings of Chaucer's Bawdy Story

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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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 Chaucer made his narrative more effective through dialogue, scene division, music, visual effects and staging. The author pays special attention to the description of John the carpenter's house, the suspension of the three tubs from the beams, and the famous shot-window through which the story's bawdy climax is enacted.The book's second half covers more than 30 of the tale's retellings--translations, adaptations, bowdlerized versions for children, coloring books, novels, musicals, plays and films--and examines the ways the retellers have followed Chaucer in dramatizing the story, giving it new life on stage and screen. The Miller's Tale has had many lives--it promises to have many more.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-12-10
Mått:152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt:386 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:284
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786493937

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Peter G. Beidler, a professor emeritus at Lehigh University, has published widely on British and American life and literature. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

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“Beidler draws out under examined details of narrative structure and of material culture in the tale...an entertaining and erudite book”—Speculum.

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments viPreface: A Whiter Shade of Pale 1Introduction: Dramatizing the Miller’s Tale 3Part One: Chaucer’s Transformation of the Miller’s TaleI. Origins 9II. Four Genres 15III. Seeing and Hearing 30IV. Comedic Realism 38V. The Structure of John’s House 48VI. The Shot-Window 60VII. Reconstructing John’s House 81VIII. People and Props 87IX. The Pre-Bedroom Sequence 93X. The Bedroom Sequence 108Part Two: Modern Transformations of the Miller’s Tale XI. Early Retellings for Adults: Cobb (1712), Smith (1713), Anonymous (1791) 125XII. Early Retellings for Young Readers: Johnstone (1895), Darton (1904), Farjeon (1930) 132XIII. Later Retellings for Adults: Clarke (1870), Haweis (1887), Raffel (2008), Ackroyd (2009) 138XIV. Later Retellings for Young Readers: McCaughrean (1984), Hastings (1988) 145XV. In the Modern Missouri Ozarks: Milburn (1956) 151XVI. In Coloring Books and Cartoons: Adkins (1973), Lorenz (1981), Williams (2007), Chwast (2011) 169XVII. In Musical Performance: Starkie (1968), Pickering (1988), Brinkman (2006) 183XVIII. In Theatrical Performance: Woods (1974), Wengrow (1983), Riley (1998), O’Connor (2001), Price (2002), Poulton (2005) 195XIX. In Filmic Performance: Pasolini (1972), Myerson (2000), Bowker (2003) 217XX. In San Francisco and Southwark: Miller (2014), Machin (2014) 227Chapter Notes 251Bibliography 267Index 273