Chaucer's Little Lotteries: The Literary Use of a Medieval Game

Author / Editor
Olmert, Michael.

Title
Chaucer's Little Lotteries: The Literary Use of a Medieval Game

Published
Arete: The Journal of Sport Literature 2:1 (1984): 171-82.

Description
Briefly surveys the practice of drawing lots in ancient history, the Bible, medieval literature, and Chaucer's works, focusing on the GP "lottery" to select who will tell the first tale.

Chaucer Subjects
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales