Chaucer and the Hand that Led Him

Author / Editor
DiMarco, Vincent.

Title
Chaucer and the Hand that Led Him

Published
Leeds Studies in English 23 (1992): 105-26.

Description
While Chaucer undoubtedly mined John of Wales's Communiloquium for details in PardT, he also consulted Jerome's Letter 22, to Eustochium, for details not found in John's florilegium. Comparison of PardT with Jerome's letter elucidates Chaucer's direct debt to Jerome for details of tale and teller.

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.