Poison Lore and Chaucer's Pardoner

Author / Editor
Hallissy, Margaret.

Title
Poison Lore and Chaucer's Pardoner

Published
Massachusetts Studies in English 9 (1983): 54-63.

Description
In PardT details from poison lore add to the sophistication with which Chaucer develops the central paradox of the tale: the Pardoner as a channel of grace despite his evil character.

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale.