Aspects of Irony in "The Friar's Tale."

Author / Editor
Bonjour, Adrien.

Title
Aspects of Irony in "The Friar's Tale."

Published
Essays in Criticism 11 (1961): 121-27.

Description
Interprets details of FrT in light of contemporaneous social commentaries to clarify nuances of irony, sarcasm, and criticism of the Summoner.

Chaucer Subjects
Friar and His Tale
Summoner and His Tale
Style and Versification