'The Prioress's Tale' and Saints' Legends

Author / Editor
Ikegami, Keiko.

Title
'The Prioress's Tale' and Saints' Legends

Published
Koichi Kano, ed. Through the Eyes of Chaucer: Essays in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Society for Chaucer Studies (Kawasaki: Asao Press, 2014), pp. 43-54.

Description
Examines the plot of PrT in relation to the patterns of the saints' legends as well as relevant historical contexts, and discusses Chaucer's intention as well as narrator's and characters' roles. Compares PrT and Marian miracles in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Vernon Eng. poet. a. 1. In Japanese.

Alternative Title
Through the Eyes of Chaucer: Essays in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Society for Chaucer Studies.

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations