Historical Trauma, the Critic, and the Work of Mourning in Chaucer's "Prioress's Tale."
- Author / Editor
- Snyder, Matthew J.
Historical Trauma, the Critic, and the Work of Mourning in Chaucer's "Prioress's Tale."
- Published
- Christine Devine and Marie Hendry, eds. Turning Points and Transformations: Essays on Language, Literature and Culture (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2011), pp. 3-15.
- Description
- Contrasts the ending of PrT with Latin analogues to argue that the Tale is less concerned with miracles than with martyrdom--Jewish martyrdom as well as Christian--whereby Chaucer suggests the need for mourning human death.
- Contributor
- Christine Devine, ed..
Marie Hendry, ed.
- Alternative Title
- Turning Points and Transformations: Essays on Language, Literature and Culture.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Prioress and Her Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations