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Record Number: 5657 Author(s)/Creator(s): Jonassen , Frederick B. Contributor(s): Title: Cathedral, Inn, and Pardoner in the "Prologue to the Tale of Beryn" [The anonymous author of a fifteenth-century continuation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales adopts Chaucerian style, irony, and bawdy subject matter in his story of the Pardoner's adventures in a tavern. The narrative develops the rivalries between Chaucer's pilgrims and introduces a new female character Kitt the Tapster, who is partially modeled after the Wife of Bath. The comic and sinful world of the Inn is a carnivalesque parody of courtly love and other elements of high culture embodied by the Cathedral. Title note supplied by Feminae.]. Source: Fifteenth Century Studies 18, ( 1991): Pages 109 - 132. Description: Article Type: Journal Article Subject (See Also): Carnivalesque Cathedrals Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet - Canterbury Tales Courtly Love Drinking of Alcoholic Beverages Fabliaux, Literary Genre Inns Literature - Verse Pardoner (Literary Figure) Pilgrimage Satire Prologue to the Tale of Beryn, Fabliau (continua Award Note: Geographic Area: British Isles Century: 15 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: The University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1991. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 01640933

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