Why Chaucer’s Prioress’s Tale?
- Author / Editor
- Graver, Bruce.
Why Chaucer’s Prioress’s Tale?
- Published
- Wordsworth Circle 52 (2020): 92-103.
- Description
- Argues that Wordsworth chose to publish his translation of PrT "for a very simple reason: he wanted to give an example of close translation of Chaucer, and it was the only one ready and unobjectionable." However, various critics found the translation objectionable for its antisemitism, "promulgation of Roman Catholic superstition," and insensitivity to Chaucer’s irony.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Prioress and Her Tale
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