"His studie was but litel on the Bible": Materialism and Misreading in Chaucer's "Physician's Tale."
- Author / Editor
- Stigall, Joshua J.
"His studie was but litel on the Bible": Materialism and Misreading in Chaucer's "Physician's Tale."
- Published
- Christian Scholar's Review 42.3 (2013): 245-60.
- Description
- Considers the Physician's misreading and misapplication of his source material (the Sermon on the Mount and Jean de Meun) to be key to proper understanding that he is "untrustworthy" and that PhyT reveals his lack of "spiritual sensitivity." Reads SNT for the ways that it "highlights" the "worldliness" of PhyT.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Physician and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Second Nun and Her Tale