The Beautiful, the Handsome, and the Ugly: Some Aspects of the Art of Chaucer Portrayal in Medieval Literature

Author / Editor
Specht, Henrik.

Title
The Beautiful, the Handsome, and the Ugly: Some Aspects of the Art of Chaucer Portrayal in Medieval Literature

Published
Studia Neophilologica 56 (1984): 129-46.

Description
As seen in GP, the formal method of characterization is rooted in Cicero, Priscian, and Matthew of Vendome. The physical repugnance of the Summoner symbolizes moral ugliness.

Chaucer Subjects
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales.
Summoner and His Tale.