The Pardoner as Preacher

Author / Editor
Gardiner, Alan.

Title
The Pardoner as Preacher

Published
Linda Cookson and Bryan Loughrey, ed. Critical Essays on The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale (Harlow: Longman, 1990), pp. 86-95.

Description
Assesses the rhetorical power of PardT in light of the conventions and stylistic features of medieval sermons. The Pardoner adheres to most conventions effectively, but his "delight in his own powers of persuasion and the purpose of his preaching" are "clearly at odds" with sermon making.

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

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale
Style and Versification