The Protean Jew in the Vernon Manuscript

Author / Editor
Depres, Denise L.

Title
The Protean Jew in the Vernon Manuscript

Published
Sheila Delany, ed. Chaucer and the Jews: Sources, Contexts, Meanings (New York and London: Routledge, 2002), pp. 145-64.

Description
Unlike the isolated narrative of Jews in CT (PrT), various narratives in the Vernon manuscript investigate the Jew in markedly different ways, going beyond demonization of Jews to debate their essential nature.

Alternative Title
Chaucer and the Jews: Sources, Contexts, Meanings.

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale.