The "Prioress's Tale" and "Granella" of "Paradiso."

Author / Editor
Steadman, John M.

Title
The "Prioress's Tale" and "Granella" of "Paradiso."

Published
Mediaeval Studies 24 (1962): 388-91.

Description
Assesses parallels between the "greyn" of PrT 7.662 and the three grains of legend that Seth laid upon the tongue of Adam when the latter was buried; suggests that the ambiguities of Chaucer's presentation indicate his artistic purpose.

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations