The Prioress, the Jew and the Knight
- Author / Editor
- Pizzorno, Patrizia Grimaldi.
The Prioress, the Jew and the Knight
- Published
- Patrizia Grimaldi Pizzorno. Metaphor at Play: Chaucer's Poetics of Exemplarity (Alessandria: Edizioni dell'Orso, 1997), pp. 53-78.
- Description
- PrT develops the concerns with food, gluttony, and filth that are established in the GP description of the Prioress, where she is characterized as childish, greedy, and sinful. The tale of Thopas parodies PrT and restores moral balance.
- Alternative Title
- Metaphor at Play: Chaucer's Poetics of Exemplarity.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Prioress and Her Tale
- Tale of Sir Thopas