The Pardoner's Symbolic Treasure

Author / Editor
Conlee, John W.

Title
The Pardoner's Symbolic Treasure

Published
Studies in the Humanities 3.1 (1973): 1-3.

Description
Suggests that the Pardoner's specification of "eight" bushels of treasure at PardT 6.771 symbolizes betrayal and the irony of desiring to achieve ultimate happiness through worldly means.

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale