Chaucer's 'Summoner's Tale' and 'the firste smel of fartes thre'

Author / Editor
Hanks, D. Thomas, Jr.

Title
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.