Nimrod, the Commentaries on Genesis, and Chaucer

Author / Editor
Fyler, John M.

Title
Nimrod, the Commentaries on Genesis, and Chaucer

Published
Charlotte Cook Morse, Penelope Reed Doob, and Marjorie Curry Woods, eds. The Uses of Manuscripts in Literary Studies: Essays in Memory of Judson Boyce Allen (Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications, 1992), pp. 193-211.

Description
Medieval commentaries on the confusion of language introduced through the Tower of Babel (Genesis 10-11) illuminate the motif of linguistic disintegration that runs through SNT, CYT, and ManT. The associations of Nimrod with pride, magic, fire, and idol worship underlie the characterization of the alchemist in CYT.

Alternative Title
The Uses of Manuscripts in Literary Studies: Essays in Memory of Judson Boyce Allen.

Chaucer Subjects
Canon's Yeoman and His Tale.
Second Nun and Her Tale.
Manciple and His Tale.