A close reading and historical analysis of Chaucer’s Prioress in the Canterbury Tales, exploring the reality of medieval convent life to reveal the satire hidden beneath her elegant surface. Part One of two.
A digital scholarly flipbook examining Chaucer’s ironic portrayal of the Prioress in the Canterbury Tales, with particular attention to Alexander Pope’s 1741 modernisation of the General Prologue.
A combined reading and analysis of the opening eighteen lines of Chaucer’s General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, examining the seasonal imagery, the pilgrimage context, and Chaucer’s use of irony.