The Summoner's tale

Author(s)

• Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400
• Plummer, John F. (John Francis)

Bibliographic Information

The Summoner's tale

edited by John F. Plummer III

（A variorum edition of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer, v. 2 . The Canterbury tales ; pt. 7）

University of Oklahoma Press, c1995

Note

Bibliography: p. 215-229

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Part SevenOnce reviled as an example of Chaucer at his most tasteless and omitted from some editions of The Canterbury Tales, this scatological anecdote has over time been accorded genuine admiration, first grudging and finally unabashed. As in The Miller's Tale, Chaucer has elaborated a simple fart joke into pungent satire against human foibles. Here too, through subtle references to religious lore, Chaucer transforms mere vulgarity into a truly clever jest and, in the opinion of some critics, a serious commentary on important issues. The particular target of the tale's satire is a friar who is so blinded by greed, hypocrisy, and anger that he cannot see how others perceive him.

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• NCID: BA26397515
• ISBN:
  • 0806127449
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Norman
• Pages/Volumes: xxviii, 242 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA01071380