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.

Title
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.