The Friar's Summoner's Dilemma

Author / Editor
Hennedy, Hugh L.

Title
The Friar's Summoner's Dilemma

Published
Chaucer Review 5.3 (1971): 213-17.

Description
The summoner in FrT is "damned if he does and damned if he doesn't" repent because the old lady's curse (3.1628-29) condemns him if he fails to repent and his own self-curse (3.1610-11) condemns him if he does.

Chaucer Subjects
Friar and His Tale