The Summoner and His "Panne."

Author / Editor
Thayer, J. D.

Title
The Summoner and His "Panne."

Published
Explicator 74.4 (2016): 206-09.

Description
Argues that reading "panne" at the end of FrT as clothing rather than cooking utensil closely links the Wife and her tale with that of the Friar. Connects the Friar's criticisms of the Wife and her desires with the depiction of the faithful widow whose clothing the Friar's summoner covets.

Chaucer Subjects
Friar and His Tale
Language and Word Studies
Wife of Bath and Her Tale