'Greyn' of Martyrdom in Chaucer's 'Prioress's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Saito, Isamu.
'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.