The Cosmic Banana-Skin: The Pardoner v. His Tale

Author / Editor
Moseley, Charles.

Title
The Cosmic Banana-Skin: The Pardoner v. His Tale

Published
Linda Cookson and Bryan Loughrey, ed. Critical Essays on The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale (Harlow: Longman, 1990), pp. 46-54.

Description
PardP characterizes him as "a mirror-image of all that is good," revealing his "ghastly pride" in his skills and his immorality. Ironically, PardT is a superb sermon, although its moral appears to be "quite lost on his hearers" (the pilgrim audience), and the Pardoner ultimately overreaches himself.

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

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale