Chaucer's Pardoner and the Grotesque

Author / Editor
Homan, Delmar C.

Title
Chaucer's Pardoner and the Grotesque

Published
Proceedings of the Medieval Association of the Midwest 1 (1991): 82-96.

Description
Physically, and by his associations with hares and the Summoner, the Pardoner is a grotesque, analogous to a major feature of the English Decorated Style in the visual arts. Also, the Pardoner is homosexual.

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale.