Guest Editor's Introduction The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called in England The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, a new translation from the Arabic with copious notes by Edward William Eane, Hon. M.R.S.E. etc., Author of 'The Modern Egyptian." Illustrated by many hundred engravings on...

The Prologue Tale Nights 756-78 of the Arabic-language Bulaq edition of Arabian Nights comprise a prologue to the tale that follows. The Bulaq edition is widely known, enjoys broad acceptance, and is routinely used as a reference source. The tale itself, reproduced in...

The Miller's Tale seen from the other side of the fence.

Analyzes The Miller's Tale, from the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Explores how Chaucer depicts the relationships between men and women as well as gthe sexual relationships of working class people during the Middle Ages.

In Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale," the juxtaposition of the sacred and the erotic is an important technique in establishing the Miller's unique and successful style of storytelling. As this tale is a bawdy fabliau, such juxtaposition is very effective in synchronizing with the tale's bawdy and witty characteristics. While the approach is offensive, it is also humorous and entertaining.