Theology and Discourse in the 'Pardoner's Tale', the 'Parson's Tale', and the 'Retraction'

Author / Editor
Baumlin, Tita French.

Title
Theology and Discourse in the 'Pardoner's Tale', the 'Parson's Tale', and the 'Retraction'

Published
Renascence 41 (1989): 127-49.

Description
PardT, ParsT, and Ret all treat the moral complexities of language. Applying a text from Timothy, quoted by both the Pardoner and the Parson, reveals that the Pardoner's discourse is barrren; the Parson's fruitful. Ret is the fruit of ParsT.

Chaucer Subjects
Parson and His Tale.
Pardoner and His Tale.
Chaucer's Retraction.