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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 Tale of Januarie, a 2017 opera based on The Merchant's Tale; See also. January (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 24 December ...
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The Tale of Januarie is a full-length opera in four acts, completed by composer Julian Philips and writer Stephen Plaice in 2016-17, based on The Merchant's Tale from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
The Coolin - played on flute by a sprite in Sir January's garden/ musical theme of Pluto and Persephone in the Merchant's Tale. Tramps and Hawkers - the blind Sir January sings this while taking May to Damian. Dairy Maid - when Perkin steals a pastry from a child. Bundle and Go - when Perkin attempts to steal extra rations from a breadline.
Pope's January and May; Or, The Merchant's Tale, a story about a young wife and the old husband she cuckolds (on pages 172–224) retold part of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (lines 817-720 of Pope's version): [2] Thus ends our Tale, whose Moral next to make, Let all wise Husbands hence Example take; And pray, to crown the Pleasure of ...
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