Historical Trauma, the Critic, and the Work of Mourning in Chaucer's "Prioress's Tale."

Author / Editor
Snyder, Matthew J.

Title
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