The Symbolism of the Pit in the Prioress's Tale--Jewish-Christian Disputes over the Virgin Mary

Author / Editor
Jang, Sunghyan.

Title
The Symbolism of the Pit in the Prioress's Tale--Jewish-Christian Disputes over the Virgin Mary

Published
Medieval and Early Modern English Studies 21.2 (2013): 173-91.

Description
Examines the symbolic role of the privy pit in PrT, arguing for analogy "between the pit in the Jewish ghetto and the womb of the Virgin Mary."

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale