The Pardoner's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer

Author / Editor
Lester, Geoffrey, ed.

Title
The Pardoner's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer

Published
Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan Education, 1987.

Physical Description
viii, 88 pp.

Series
Macmillan Master Guides

Description
Study guide to PardPT and to the GP description of the Pardoner that first summarizes Chaucer's biography, his language (including a list of "difficult or confusable words") and writings, and his literary context. Includes a summary/commentary on the Pardoner materials, arranged in narrative segments, followed by discussion of their themes, sources, and techniques, including irony. Closes with specimen passages in Middle English (with additional commentary), a brief description of critical approaches, and study questions.

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale