The Critics and the Prioress: Antisemitism, Criticism, and Chaucer's Prioress's Tale by Hannah Johnson, Heather Blurton

The Critics and the Prioress: Antisemitism, Criticism, and Chaucer's Prioress's Tale

Hannah Johnson, Heather Blurton

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nonfiction classics literary poetry challenging medium-paced
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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 antisemitism of the story it te...

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