'Goddes Instrumentz': Devils and Free Will in the 'Friar's' and 'Summoner's Tales'

Author / Editor
Raybin, David.

Title
'Goddes Instrumentz': Devils and Free Will in the 'Friar's' and 'Summoner's Tales'

Published
ChauR 46.1-2 (2011): 93-110.

Description
The language and imagery of demonic temptation versus human free will connect FrT and SumT and gain dimension by comparison with ClT. Thomas of SumT is called "demonyak," but his scatological riposte to the friar is justified anger.

Chaucer Subjects
Friar and His Tale
Summoner and His Tale
Clerk and His Tale
Language and Word Studies