“…Beryn 'fails to make good on Chaucer's sodomical suggestions about the Pardoner (though he still associates with the Summoner), and the impulse is toward normalization in that sense'. 76 The idea that reactionary normativity must be read in the Pardoner and hence in the Interlude is commonly accepted. 77 This interpretation, which systematically leaves out the Tale, dominates Beryn's critical reception.…”
Section: Animal Metaphors and The Pardoner's Sottisementioning
“…Beryn 'fails to make good on Chaucer's sodomical suggestions about the Pardoner (though he still associates with the Summoner), and the impulse is toward normalization in that sense'. 76 The idea that reactionary normativity must be read in the Pardoner and hence in the Interlude is commonly accepted. 77 This interpretation, which systematically leaves out the Tale, dominates Beryn's critical reception.…”
Section: Animal Metaphors and The Pardoner's Sottisementioning
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