Chaucer's Friars: Swans or Swains? "Summoner'sTale," D 1390.
- Author / Editor
- Silvia, Daniel S., Jr.
Chaucer's Friars: Swans or Swains? "Summoner'sTale," D 1390.
- Published
- English Language Notes 1.4 (1964): 248-50.
- Description
- Reads the noun "swan" as "swain" in the rhyming comparison with "Jovinyan" in SumT 3.1930, adducing logic, consistency of imagery, and source material.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Summoner and His Tale
Style and Versification
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations