The Nun's Priest's Identity and the Purpose of His Tale.

Author / Editor
Heffernan, Carol F.

Title
The Nun's Priest's Identity and the Purpose of His Tale.

Published
Leeds Studies in English 42 (2011): 43-52.

Description
Reconsiders questions of the number of Canterbury pilgrims, focusing on GP, 1.164 and the ecclesiastical pilgrims. Suggests that the Nun's Priest and the Clerk may be identical or, at least, kindred spirits, and considers what NPT and ClT may reveal about the tellers' attitudes toward the Prioress.

Chaucer Subjects
Nun's Priest and His Tale
Clerk and His Tale
Prioress and Her Tale
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales