By Mouth of Innocentz: The Prioress Vindicated

Author / Editor
Kelly, Edward H.

Title
By Mouth of Innocentz: The Prioress Vindicated

Published
Papers on Language and Literature 5 (1969): 362-74.

Description
Reads the tone and details of PrT as consistent with the characterization of the Prioress established in GP. A "ful" large woman fixated on immaturity and smallness, the Prioress admires motherhood and empathizes with the innocence of the clergeon, effectively using strong emotional appeals to evoke empathy.

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale