Magic and Illusion in 'The Franklin's Tale'

Author / Editor
Luengo, Anthony E.

Title
Magic and Illusion in 'The Franklin's Tale'

Published
Journal of English and Germanic Philology 77 (1978): 1-16.

Description
The magic of the Orleans clerk is nothing but stage illusion achieved by natural means. The inability of the characters (and indeed of the narrator himself) to distinguish these harmless tricks from astrology and witchcraft reveal their cultural myopia and moral shallowness.

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale.