An Androgynous Nun's Eye View : Feminine Pity and Masculine Determination in The Prioress's Tale

Author / Editor
Jost, Jean E.

Title
An Androgynous Nun's Eye View : Feminine Pity and Masculine Determination in The Prioress's Tale

Published
Publications of the Medieval Association of the Midwest 7: 108-25, 2000.

Description
Characterizes the Prioress of GP and PrT as "psychologically androgynous," a combination of "feminine on the outside" and "masculine on the inside." This combination is evident in the Prioress's fusion of sentimentality and cruelty and her other inconsistencies, making it difficult for critics to categorize her.

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale.
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.