'Infernus et os vulvae': A Second Look at Proverbs and Chaucer's Prioress

Author / Editor
Rudat, Wolfgang E. H.

Title
'Infernus et os vulvae': A Second Look at Proverbs and Chaucer's Prioress

Published
CEA Critic 58.2 (1996): 35-47.

Description
Allusive echoes among the GP description of the Prioress, WBP, and the biblical Proverbs suggest that Chaucer subtly condemns the Prioress for sexual excess.

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale