Forum Response to William J. Hyde, Charles A. Owen, Jr., and Claude J. Summers
- Author / Editor
- Storm, Melvin.
Forum Response to William J. Hyde, Charles A. Owen, Jr., and Claude J. Summers
- Published
- PMLA 98 (1983): 255-56.
- Description
- The Pardoner's self-revelation "heightens the challenge" of deceiving the pilgrims at the end of the sermon and does not preclude it. Chaucer uses the Host's response to the Pardoner's invitation to point to the pilgrims' spiritual weakness--even if the Host himself is unaware of the significance of his remarks.
- Storm here replies to responses whioch also appear in PMLA 98 (1983).
- Chaucer Subjects
- Pardoner and His Tale.