The Mysterious 'Greyn' in the 'Prioress's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Friedman, Albert B.
The Mysterious 'Greyn' in the 'Prioress's Tale'
- Published
- Chaucer Review 11 (1977): 328-33.
- Description
- The grain which the Virgin places on the clergeon's tongue and which is removed after his death to stop his singing is simply a prop necessary to the structure of the tale; elaborate allegorizations are unnecessary.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Prioress and Her Tale.