'The Pardoner's Tale: An Unholy Mess?

Author / Editor
Cunningham, John E.

Title
'The Pardoner's Tale: An Unholy Mess?

Published
Linda Cookson and Bryan Loughrey, ed. Critical Essays on The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale (Harlow: Longman, 1990), pp. 104-12.

Description
Identifies three "sections" of PardT (the "pulpit-thumping," the "story-telling," and the "sales talk," arguing that their apparent disunity is resolved by the character and purpose of the Pardoner.

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

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale