Rhetorical Ethos and the 'Nun's Priest's Tale

Author / Editor
Camargo, Martin.

Title
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.