Madness, Mayhem, and the Search for Gold: William Faulkner's Use of 'The Pardoner's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Braswell, Mary Flowers.
Madness, Mayhem, and the Search for Gold: William Faulkner's Use of 'The Pardoner's Tale'
- Published
- English Language Notes 23 (1985): 55-70.
- Description
- Chaucer's influence on Faulkner is evident in the similarities between PardT and "Lizards in Jamshyd's Courtyard." Both stories concern three treasure seekers who make an ironic vow of loyalty and are guided in motion by a figure who represents Greed Incarnate--but, unlike the Pardoner, Flem Snopes does not receive poetic justice.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Pardoner and His Tale.