Chaucer's 'Summoner's Tale' and 'the firste smel of fartes thre'
- Author / Editor
- Hanks, D. Thomas, Jr.
Chaucer's 'Summoner's Tale' and 'the firste smel of fartes thre'
- Published
- Chaucer Yearbook 4 (1997): 33-43.
- Description
- SumP and various puns in SumT not only transform Friar John into a fart but also indicate that his prayers invert the Pentecostal wind and "suggest that his brethern share his odious nature."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Summoner and His Tale.