The Gifts of Nature, Fortune, and Grace in the 'Physician's,' 'Pardoner's,' and 'Parson's Tales'

Author / Editor
Joseph, Gerhard.

Title
The Gifts of Nature, Fortune, and Grace in the 'Physician's,' 'Pardoner's,' and 'Parson's Tales'

Published
Chaucer Review 9 (1975): 237-45.

Description
The Host's reference to the "yiftes of Fortune and of Nature" is the thematic basis for Group C (Fragment 6). PhyT shows how Grace can sustain those injured by Nature's gifts; PardT shows the wretched fate of those who, blinded by Fortune's gifts, are unredeemed by Grace.

Chaucer Subjects
Physician and His Tale.
Pardoner and His Tale.
Parson and His Tale.