"Is There Oght Elles?": Further Biblical Allusion in "The Summoner’s Tale."
- Author / Editor
- Rand, Thomas A.
"Is There Oght Elles?": Further Biblical Allusion in "The Summoner’s Tale."
- Published
- American Notes and Queries 32 (2019): 75-77.
- Description
- Identifies several previously unnoticed biblical allusions in SumT: "narratives of divine wrath against false prophets, gift giving in apostolic ministry, and miraculous healing, all of which enrich the tale's comic irony and sharpen the satiric attack."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Summoner and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations