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The critics and the prioress : antisemitism, criticism, and Chaucer's Prioress's tale /

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Of all the Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer's Prioress's Tale, in which a young schoolboy is murdered by Jews for singing a song in praise of the Virgin Mary, poses a problem to contemporary readers because of the anti-semitism of the story it tells. Both the Tale's anti-semitism an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Blurton, Heather (Author), Johnson, Hannah R., 1974- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017].
Subjects:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400. > Prioress's tale.
Antisemitism in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Table of Contents:
  • The Critics and the Prioress: A Retrospective
  • Missing Sources, Text Networks, and Yonge Hugh of Lyncoln
  • Quod She: Gender, Antisemitism, and Criticism
  • Chaucer's First Critics: Reading the Prioress's Tale in the Fifteenth Century.