When a Rooster Thinks He Is an Epic Hero: The Mock-Heroic Genius of The Nun’s Priest’s Tale

Imagine beginning an epic with a hero whose feathers gleam like gold, whose voice is more dependable than a clock, whose comb resembles a battlement, and whose crowing is more magnificent than a church organ on a feast day.Now imagine that the hero is a rooster. This is precisely where Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Nun’s Priest’s

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