The Gifts of Nature, Fortune, and Grace in the 'Physician's,' 'Pardoner's,' and 'Parson's Tales'
- Author / Editor
- Joseph, Gerhard.
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.