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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/25559| Title: | The Pardoner in the general context of the Canterbury Pilgrimage |
| Authors: | Schembri, Anthony M. |
| Keywords: | Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Characters English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 |
| Issue Date: | 1992 |
| Publisher: | Upper Secondary School Valletta |
| Citation: | Schembri, A.M. (1992). The Pardoner in the general context of the Canterbury Pilgrimage. Hyphen, 7(1), 33-45 |
| Abstract: | When we meet the Pardoner and the Summoner in the General Prologue, we are immediately struck by their physical and moral deformity. The song they sing, their greed, and their intimacy have made critics refer to them as the villains of the Canterbury Tales. However, it must be noted that the churchmen who meet at the Tabard, with one shining exception - the Parson - do not live up to their ideals, but display, instead, their worldliness in the same way, if not exactly to the same degree, as our iniquitous couple. |
| Description: | This is the text of a lecture given to the British Culture Association at the Library of The Foundation for International Studies of the University of Malta in March 1988. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/25559 |
| Appears in Collections: | Hyphen, Volume 7, No. 1 (1992) Hyphen, Volume 7, No. 1 (1992) |
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