The Parody of Pentecost in Chaucer's 'Summoner's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Levitan, Alan.
The Parody of Pentecost in Chaucer's 'Summoner's Tale'
- Published
- University of Toronto Quarterly 40 (1971): 236-46.
- Description
- Shows that Friar John of SumT is an "exemplar" of "reversals of apostolic qualities," essential to the anti-fraternalism of the Tale, rooted in the "Roman de la Rose." The description of the division of the fart that concludes the Tale adds to this anti-fraternalism by parodying the Pentecostal visit of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles. Includes seven b&w illustrations of wheel-like depictions of the Pentecost.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Summoner and His Tale
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations