Wit and Witsunday in Chaucer's Summoner's Tale

Author / Editor
Clark, Roy Peter

Title
Wit and Witsunday in Chaucer's Summoner's Tale

Published
Annuale Mediaevale 17 (1976): 48-57.

Description
Developing from the Pentecostal parody in the poem, Chaucer's use of the word "wit" in SumT 1789, 2291 may suggest a submerged allusion to the contemporary controversy surrounding the Wycliffite translation of the Bible.

Chaucer Subjects
Summoner and His Tale.