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The Canterbury tales handbook /

"An Ideal companion to The Canterbury Tales, this brief, accessible book introduces students to Chaucer's tales and helps them understand the language, genres, forms, historical background, and critical history. This unique handbook devotes extra time to the General Prologue and the first...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scala, Elizabeth, 1966- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2020]
Subjects:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400. > Canterbury tales.
Canterbury tales (Chaucer, Geoffrey)
Table of Contents:
  • What is the Canterbury tales?
  • The general prologue
  • The Knight's tale
  • The Miller's prologue and tale
  • The Reeve's prologue and tale
  • The Cook's prologue and tale
  • The Man of Law's introduction, prologue, and tale
  • The Wife of Bath's prologue and tale
  • The Friar's prologue and tale
  • The Summoner's prologue and tale
  • The Clerk's prologue and tale
  • The Merchant's prologue and tale
  • The Squire's prologue and tale
  • The Franklin's introduction, prologue, and tale
  • The Physician's tale
  • The Pardoner's prologue and tale
  • The Shipman's tale
  • The Prioress's introduction, prologue, and tale
  • Chaucer's two tales : Sir Thopas and the Melibee
  • The Monk's prologue and tale
  • The Nun's priest's prologue and tale
  • The Second Nun's prologue and tale
  • The Canon's Yeoman's prologue and tale
  • The Manciple's prologue and tale
  • The Parson's prologue and tale, and Chaucer's retraction.