'It snewed in his hous'

Author / Editor
Miller, Robert P.

Title
'It snewed in his hous'

Published
English Language Notes 23 (1985): 71-72

Description
In the GP portrait Chaucer uses the metaphor of food that "snewed" to make an ironic comparison between the Franklin's epicureanism and the spiritual life represented by scriptural manna.

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale.