Why the Prioress's Gauds are Green

Author / Editor
Rex, Richard.

Title
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.