The Pardoner and His "Tale."

Author / Editor
Lavezzo, Kathy.

Title
The Pardoner and His "Tale."

Published
Frank Grady, ed. The Cambridge Companion to "The Canterbury Tales" (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020), pp. 166-77.

Description
Catalogues the contours of criticism of the Pardoner in PardT, including critical praise of the tale’s alleged “superiority as a tale.” Argues that the pilgrims' revulsion toward the Pardoner is rooted in his homosexual identity, which is connected to performance of his tale.

Alternative Title
Cambridge Companion to The Canterbury Tales

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale