'Why sholde I sowen draf out of my fest?': Chaucer and the False Prophet Motif
- Author / Editor
- McCormack, Frances.
'Why sholde I sowen draf out of my fest?': Chaucer and the False Prophet Motif
- Published
- Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and John Flood, eds. Heresy and Orthodoxy in Early English Literature, 1350-1680. Dublin Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature, no. 3. (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2010), pp. 39-48.
- Description
- Ambiguous depictions of the Parson and Pardoner reflect contemporary debate regarding false prophets. The Pardoner's negligence, hypocrisy, and language suggest heresy, but he is not accused. The Parson is orthodox, but in his rejection of oaths, glosses, and fables, he seems a Lollard. The Parson's unwillingness to expound the Ten Commandments also suggests a fear of heresy charges, such as those leveled by the Shipman and the Host.
- Contributor
- Ní Chuilleanáin, Eiléan, ed.
- Flood, John, ed.
- Alternative Title
- Heresy and Orthodoxy in Early English Literature, 1350-1680.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Parson and His Tale
- Pardoner and His Tale