Problem-Areas of 'The Pardoner's Tale'

Author / Editor
Watts, Cedric.

Title
Problem-Areas of 'The Pardoner's Tale'

Published
Linda Cookson and Bryan Loughrey, ed. Critical Essays on The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale (Harlow: Longman, 1990), pp. 9-17.

Description
Addresses inconsistencies in the character of the Pardoner and in the relation between the teller and his tale. Identifies the symbolic possibilities of the Old Man and tallies several ironies in the tale.

Alternative Title
Critical Essays on The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale.

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale