'Greyn' of Martyrdom in Chaucer's 'Prioress's Tale'

Author / Editor
Saito, Isamu.

Title
'Greyn' of Martyrdom in Chaucer's 'Prioress's Tale'

Published
Takashi Suzuki and Tsuyoshi Mukai, eds. Arthurian and Other Studies Presented to Sunichi Noguchi. (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1993), pp. 31-38.

Description
Compares the grain beneath the clergeon's tongue in PrT to parallel objects in analogous tales, arguing that the grain signifies martyrdom and that PrT combines aspects of tales of the Virgin with the theology of martyrdom.

Alternative Title
Arthurian and Other Studies Presented to Shunichi Noguchi.

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale.