Chaucer's Use of Signs in His Portrait of the Prioress
- Author / Editor
- Wood, Chauncey.
Chaucer's Use of Signs in His Portrait of the Prioress
- Published
- John P. Hermann and John J. Burke, eds. Signs and Symbols in Chaucer's Poetry (University: University of Alabama Press, 1981), pp. 81-101.
- Description
- Chaucer uses signs playfully, "in bono, in malo": tears cited by the Parson are signs of contrition; the Prioress weeps for dead mice and whipped dogs. Chaucer is original in his treatment of her features, all of which point to worldliness.
- Alternative Title
- Signs and Symbols in Chaucer's Poetry.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Prioress and Her Tale.