The Image of the Devil's Five Fingers in the South English Legendary's St. Michael and in Chaucer's Parson's Tale
- Author / Editor
- Sadlek, Gregory M.
The Image of the Devil's Five Fingers in the South English Legendary's St. Michael and in Chaucer's Parson's Tale
- Published
- Klaus Jankofsky, ed. The South English Legendary: A Critical Assessment (Tubingen: A. Francke, 1992), pp. 49-64.
- Description
- In "St. Michael," the image of the Devil's five fingers is a homiletic, mnemonic device to convey a lesson on sin. Chaucer's version in ParsT has a clear literary quality.
- Contributor
- Jankofsky, Klaus, ed.
- Alternative Title
- South England Legenday: A Critical Assssment.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Parson and His Tale.