Charity Refused and Curses Uttered in Chaucer's Friar's Tale
- Author / Editor
- Culver, Jennifer.
Charity Refused and Curses Uttered in Chaucer's Friar's Tale
- Published
- Hortulus 4 (2008): n.p.
- Description
- Argues that Chaucer's representation of the widow in FrT anticipates the "cursing hag" of Early Modern tradition, especially in responding to the summoner's refusal of her request for charity. The curse and the summoner's refusal to repent help to convey the Tale's themes of intention, agency, and the power of language.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Friar and His Tale