Creating a Martyr: Rhetoric, Chaucer's "The Prioress' Tale," and the Death of the "Litel Clergeon."
- Author / Editor
- Colley, Dawn F.
Creating a Martyr: Rhetoric, Chaucer's "The Prioress' Tale," and the Death of the "Litel Clergeon."
- Published
- CEA Critic 78.3 (2016): 292-300.
- Description
- Maintains that the silence of the pilgrims at the end of PrT signifies the Prioress's effectiveness in delivering a story of pathos that stuns the audience into silence. Explores how Chaucer uses PrT "to promote cautious, critical analysis" as a counter to simply accepting information as given.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Prioress and Her Tale