The "Prioress's Tale": Relating to the Past, Imagining the Past, Using the Past.

Author / Editor
Steiner, Emily.

Title
The "Prioress's Tale": Relating to the Past, Imagining the Past, Using the Past.

Published
In The Open Access Companion to the Canterbury Tales. https://opencanterburytales.dsl.lsu.edu, 2017.

Physical Description
[9 pp.]

Description
Explores the relations between emotion and identity in PrPT, observing that the presence of Jews "amps up its emotional charge," particularly how it "provokes--and coopts--a huge range of emotions in the service of Christian piety." Considers the saints' life genre, the age of the clergeon, song, performance, and rhyme royal as intensifiers. Designed for pedagogical use, includes several questions for discussion.

Alternative Title
The Open Access Companion to the Canterbury Tales.

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale
Style and Versification