Oliver, Paul.
Linda Cookson and Bryan Loughrey, ed. Critical Essays on The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale (Harlow: Longman, 1990), pp. 65-74.
Both PardP and PardT are "self-exposure" on the part of the Pardoner, although in the latter he is "unaware" of his similarity to the three rioters: "all four are spiritually dead . . . blasphemers and motivated by avarice . . . totally hardened…
Read, Michael.
Linda Cookson and Bryan Loughrey, ed. Critical Essays on The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale (Harlow: Longman, 1990), pp. 55-64.
Explores the psychological realism of the conflict at the end of PardT between the Host, a "bully" who rejects the power of language, and the Pardoner, a "conscious artist" who has attacked the Host's "coarse masculinity." Ironically, the Host's…
Moseley, Charles.
Linda Cookson and Bryan Loughrey, ed. Critical Essays on The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale (Harlow: Longman, 1990), pp. 46-54.
PardP characterizes him as "a mirror-image of all that is good," revealing his "ghastly pride" in his skills and his immorality. Ironically, PardT is a superb sermon, although its moral appears to be "quite lost on his hearers" (the pilgrim…
Ellis, Mark Spencer.
Linda Cookson and Bryan Loughrey, ed. Critical Essays on The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale (Harlow: Longman, 1990), pp. 29-45.
Argues that PardPT challenges modern readers' "conventional notions about character and events" and "undermines some fundamental assumptions about social morality." Anonymity, loaded rhymes, and, above all, a consistent lack of decision-making and…
Smith, Richard.
Linda Cookson and Bryan Loughrey, ed. Critical Essays on The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale (Harlow: Longman, 1990), pp. 18-28.
Reiterates that all of Chaucer's poetry was written to be read aloud, and argues that PardT in particular "cries out for dramatic reading," identifying its several features that invite performance, including its "showy" rhetoric, its "theatrical"…
Watts, Cedric.
Linda Cookson and Bryan Loughrey, ed. Critical Essays on The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale (Harlow: Longman, 1990), pp. 9-17.
Addresses inconsistencies in the character of the Pardoner and in the relation between the teller and his tale. Identifies the symbolic possibilities of the Old Man and tallies several ironies in the tale.
Cookson, Linda, and Bryan Loughrey, ed.
Harlow: Longman, 1990.
Ten essays on PardPT addressed to a student audience, each essay followed by brief "Afterthoughts," intended for purposes of study and review. The volume also contains a "Practical Guide" on writing student essays. For individual essays, search for…
The section on Chaucer (pp. 5-28) includes a biographical introduction, a reader's guide to CT, brief summaries of PF and TC, and discussion of the literary and historical contexts in which Chaucer wrote.
Ketterling, Bernadean,
[Jay Ruud, ed.] Papers on the "Canterbury Tales": From the 1989 NEH Chaucer Institute, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota ([Aberdeen, S.D.: Northern State University, 1989), pp. 253-62.
Impressionistic comments on WBT in light of various critical concerns--genre, theme, etc.
Hefling, Carol.
[Jay Ruud, ed.] Papers on the "Canterbury Tales": From the 1989 NEH Chaucer Institute, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota ([Aberdeen, S.D.: Northern State University, 1989), pp. 247-52.
Presents in outline form materials for a unit on medieval history for the high school classroom, incorporating suggestions or using selections from CT.
Baumeister, David J.
[Jay Ruud, ed.] Papers on the "Canterbury Tales": From the 1989 NEH Chaucer Institute, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota ([Aberdeen, S.D.: Northern State University, 1989), pp. 227-46.
Instructions, outlines, plot synopses, and handouts for use in teaching English medieval literature (including selections from CT) to high school seniors.
Butler, Richard J.
[Jay Ruud, ed.] Papers on the "Canterbury Tales": From the 1989 NEH Chaucer Institute, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota ([Aberdeen, S.D.: Northern State University, 1989), pp. 211-36.
Presents for high school teachers several "exercises and activities that may be useful in a unit on Chaucer and the middle ages," including objectives, questions to consider, paper topics, audio-visual resources, and supplementary materials.
Polasky, Patty.
[Jay Ruud, ed.] Papers on the "Canterbury Tales": From the 1989 NEH Chaucer Institute, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota ([Aberdeen, S.D.: Northern State University, 1989), pp. 202-10.
Briefly describes eleven "ideas and activities that have been gleaned from various sources" for teaching the GP.
Case, Linda.
[Jay Ruud, ed.] Papers on the "Canterbury Tales": From the 1989 NEH Chaucer Institute, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota ([Aberdeen, S.D.: Northern State University, 1989), pp. 186-202.
Description of proposed classroom activities for high school study of GP.
Berlin, Dorthea.
[Jay Ruud, ed.] Papers on the "Canterbury Tales": From the 1989 NEH Chaucer Institute, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota ([Aberdeen, S.D.: Northern State University, 1989), pp. [176]-85.
Lists several pedagogical activities that pertain to GP.
Marwitz, Will[ard].
[Jay Ruud, ed.] Papers on the "Canterbury Tales": From the 1989 NEH Chaucer Institute, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota ([Aberdeen, S.D.: Northern State University, 1989), pp. 158-75.
Comments on assessments of the Wife of Bath as either a "Scarlet Woman" or a "truly liberated woman," concluding that she is best seen as "complicated." Includes a series of "Student Challenges" as a study guide to WBP.
Wuertz, Carol.
[Jay Ruud, ed.] Papers on the "Canterbury Tales": From the 1989 NEH Chaucer Institute, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota ([Aberdeen, S.D.: Northern State University, 1989), pp. 146-57.
Argues that the "message" of WBPT is that all individuals are to be valued.
Struck, JoAnn.
[Jay Ruud, ed.] Papers on the "Canterbury Tales": From the 1989 NEH Chaucer Institute, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota ([Aberdeen, S.D.: Northern State University, 1989), pp. 135-45.
Comments on romance conventions in WBT and its concern with "soveraynetee" and "maistrye."
Fleming, Donna.
[Jay Ruud, ed.] Papers on the "Canterbury Tales": From the 1989 NEH Chaucer Institute, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota ([Aberdeen, S.D.: Northern State University, 1989), pp. 128-34.
Reads WBP in light of a dictionary definition of "narcissism."
Birhanzel, Candace.
[Jay Ruud, ed.] Papers on the "Canterbury Tales": From the 1989 NEH Chaucer Institute, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota ([Aberdeen, S.D.: Northern State University, 1989), pp. 112-25.
Comments on reading ClT as both "realistic and religious, tied to the character of . . . the Clerk."
Thompson, Mary Kay.
[Jay Ruud, ed.] Papers on the "Canterbury Tales": From the 1989 NEH Chaucer Institute, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota ([Aberdeen, S.D.: Northern State University, 1989), pp. 104-11.
Identifies parallels between Chaucer's Pardoner and Arthur Dimmesdale of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," without claiming influence.
Mauck, Deanna.
[Jay Ruud, ed.] Papers on the "Canterbury Tales": From the 1989 NEH Chaucer Institute, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota ([Aberdeen, S.D.: Northern State University, 1989), pp. 94-103.
Locates in SumT several violations of William of Saint-Amour's claims about false friars.
Harms, Gary.
[Jay Ruud, ed.] Papers on the "Canterbury Tales": From the 1989 NEH Chaucer Institute, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota ([Aberdeen, S.D.: Northern State University, 1989), pp. 84-93.
Comments on five critical essays that pertain to RvT.
