"Non Alleluia Ructare."

Author / Editor
Beichner, Paul E.

Title
"Non Alleluia Ructare."

Published
Mediaeval Studies 18 (1956): 135-44.

Description
Includes examination of the verbal play on praying and belching in SumT 3.1934, arguing that the pun is effective satire even when manuscripts (including the Ellesmere) substitute "but" for the onomatopoetic "buf." Considers other puns (non-Chaucerian) that function similarly.

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification
Summoner and His Tale
Manuscripts and Textual Studies