Rhetorical Ethos and the 'Nun's Priest's Tale
- Author / Editor
- Camargo, Martin.
Rhetorical Ethos and the 'Nun's Priest's Tale
- Published
- Comparative Literature Studies 33 (1996): 173-86.
- Description
- The ethos of the Canterbury preachers reveals Chaucer's distinctive self-consciousness about medieval rhetorical issues. The Pardoner's emphasis on pathos contrasts the Parson's emphasis on logos. NPT is an act of self-display in which the narrator preaches against flattery to ingratiate himself. The Host responds astutely to each, and, with the others, reveals Chaucer's anxiety about his own role.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Nun's Priest and His Tale.
- Pardoner and His Tale.
- Parson and His Tale.