The Pardoner, a Castrato: A Critical Essay of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales."
- Author / Editor
- Pettibon, Robin.
The Pardoner, a Castrato: A Critical Essay of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales."
- Published
- Sigma Tau Delta Review 8 (2011): 121-28.
- Description
- Uses details of the Pardoner's description in the GP and his interactions with other pilgrims to support the hypothesis that Chaucer depicts him as a castrato and satirize an aspect of corruption in the medieval Church.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Pardoner and His Tale