The Irony of the 'Friar's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Lenaghan, R. T.
The Irony of the 'Friar's Tale'
- Published
- Chaucer Review 7.4 (1973): 281-94.
- Description
- Argues that, while clearly discrediting summoners, the Friar "also discredits himself." Reads FrT as a exemplum that satirizes summoners and, ironically, condemns the Friar's malicious hypocrisy, especially clear in light of contemporary sermon practices.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Friar and His Tale