| Description |
vii, 177 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Modern critical interpretations |
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Modern critical interpretations.
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| Note |
Spine title: The Pardoner's tale. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-167) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Harold Bloom -- The narrative art of the Pardoner's Tale / Ian Bishop -- The Pardoner's "Jape" / Penelope Curtis -- The "floating" fragment / Donald R. Howard -- Preaching avarice in the Pardoner's Tale / Warren Ginsberg -- "Synne horrible" : the Pardoner's exegesis of his tale, and Chaucer's / H. Marshall Leicester, Jr. -- The Pardoner's homosexuality and how much it matters / Monica E. McAlpine -- Sermon structure in the Pardoner's Tale / Robert P. Merrix -- The Pardoner and the word of death / R.A. Shoaf |
| Summary |
A collection of nine critical essays on Chaucer's "The Pardoner's Tale" arranged in chronological order of publication. |
| Subject |
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Pardoner's tale.
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Tales, Medieval -- Themes, motives.
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English literature -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Bloom, Harold.
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| Added Title |
Pardoner's tale.
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| ISBN |
0877549060 alkaline paper $24.50 |
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9780877549062 alkaline paper |
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