Why the Prioress's Gauds are Green
- Author / Editor
- Rex, Richard.
Why the Prioress's Gauds are Green
- Published
- University of Mississippi Studies in English 6 (1988): 17-28.
- Description
- By the choice of the colors coral and green, Chaucer has turned a respected religious ritual into one of earthly desire.
- Reprinted in Richard Rex, "The Sins of Madame Eglentyne and Other Essays" (Newark, NJ: University of Delaware Press; London: Associated University Presses, 1995).
- Chaucer Subjects
- Prioress and Her Tale.