The Merchant's Tale Criticism

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Ann Haskell: 'Life for women of the gentry was synonymous with marriage'
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Beidler: 'January sees what he wants to see rather than what is actually before him'
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Brown: 'Garden is a representation of May's body'
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David Shores: 'Cynical condemnation of courtly convention'
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4 of 17
Pearsall: 'Amoral tale reduces all human behaviour to lust and greed'
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5 of 17
Burrow: 'A tale of clarity, critical observation and disgust'
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6 of 17
Thorne: 'Januarie's bending of religious authority to his own selfish purposes'
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Tatlock: 'Religion itself is bemocked'
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Varnam: 'Chaucer's garden in this tale is of lust and sexuality'
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9 of 17
Stevens: 'Misogynistic and biter ... a story intending to show the deceitfulness of women'
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10 of 17
Coghill: 'January appears helpless, romantic, generous, tragic'
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11 of 17
Tolliver: 'January is blinded by the deception of his wife'
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12 of 17
Tolliver: 'May is made of masculine fantasy'
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13 of 17
Shores: 'A humorous story about how youth and age do not mix well'
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14 of 17
Ashton: 'This portrayal of married love is firmly on the side of the female'
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15 of 17
Kittredge: 'The Merchants Tale is a contribution to a marriage debate by a disillusioned and cynical husband'
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Burchmore- 'Although the fabliau is often described as the most realistic genre of the middle ages, it is generally recognized that its characters tend to group themselves into a number of familiar types ... who are more caricatures than real people'
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