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One question that splits critics is whether the Merchant's tale is a fabliau. [citation needed] Typically a description for a tale of carnal lust and frivolous bed-hopping, some would argue that especially the latter half of the tale, where Damyan and May have sex in the tree with the blind Januarie at the foot of the tree, represents fabliau.
The classic example of a senex amans is Januarie (January) in the "Merchant's Tale" (part of the Canterbury Tales). [1] He is 60 years old (which given the life expectancy was a very advanced age) and he marries a young girl (under 18) named May, who later cuckolds him by entering into a secret relationship with January's squire, Damyan (Damian).
The Canon's Yeoman's Tale; Chanticleer and the Fox; Chaucer as a Philologist: The Reeve's Tale; Geoffrey Chaucer; Sir Thopas; The Clerk's Tale; Nicholas Colfox; A Commentary on the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales; The Cook's Tale
The Merchant tells his tale of Sir January and May. The Friar tells his tale to offend the Summoner. The Summoner begins his tale. He states "Everyone here knows how friars are such frequent visitors to Hell. The Summoner's Tale was also much longer and included scenes of the Friar sexually harassing the dying Thomas' wife.
Pilgrim – The designation of each pilgrim in the General Prologue, commonly accepted alternate designation within the name of their Tale, and membership in group of pilgrims if any. The pilgrims' names link to their Tales' articles. GP (General Prologue) – This column lists the order in which each character is mentioned in the General Prologue.
As Dunbar belongs to the latest medieval phase, his work is quite far from that of Chaucer’s. Although Dunbar's The Tretis includes many ironic gestures that recall the Wife of Bath and The Merchant's Tale, he utilizes a much wilder humor than Chaucer. Dunbar is even credited with the first printed use of the word “fuck.”
The Hengwrt Chaucer manuscript is an early-15th-century manuscript of the Canterbury Tales, held in the National Library of Wales, in Aberystwyth.It is an important source for Chaucer's text, and was possibly written by someone with access to an original authorial holograph, now lost.
Mercator, or The Merchant, is a Latin comedic play for the early Roman theatre by Titus Maccius Plautus. It is based on the Greek play Emporos (the Merchant) by the Greek comedy playwright Philemon. It is believed to be among Plautus's first plays, possibly written around 206 BC. [1]