Slips of the Tongue
Some Overlooked Examples of the Misdirected Kiss Storytelling Motif (Thompson K1225)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21319656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ben Parson (0000-0001-9870-1347, University of Leicester School of Arts University Road Leicester UK, corresponding author), Bas Jongenelen (Fontys Hogescholen Fontys Lerarenopleiding Fontys Lerarenopleiding Tilburg Tilburg Niederlande, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 282-297 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Fabula (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-6242 • E-ISSN: 1613-0464 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/fabula-2023-0016 |
| OpenAlex | W4390880415 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
This article considers the popular storytelling device of the misdirected kiss , classified in Stith Thompson’s index as motif K1225 . It argues that the dominance of Chaucer’s Miller’s Tale over current scholarship has led us to conceptualise the motif in unduly reductive terms. To demonstrate the variability and complexity of the kiss as a narrative element, a number of neglected witnesses are reviewed from medieval and early modern French, English, German and Dutch. The article appends a translation and edition of one of the most eccentric specimens of the kiss from the late medieval period, the “Refereynen vande jonghe Kamer van Haerlem” (1561)
Aesthetics · Art · Biology · KISS (TNC) · Literature · Miller · Motif (music) · Narrative · Storytelling · Computer Science · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Medieval Literature and History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |