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The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

First Published

2009

Subjects

Death
English Narrative poetry
Juvenile poetry
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature
great_books_of_the_western_world
Fiction
Pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature
Storytelling in fiction
Textual Criticism
Storytelling in literature
English literature
Criticism and interpretation
Facsimiles
Water
Treasure troves
English Manuscripts
English poetry
Manuscripts
Middle Ages
Medieval Civilization
Children's stories, English
Grammar
Mathematical models
Bibliothèque nationale de France
English language
Poetry
Canterbury
Children's stories
Short stories
Pollution
England
Storytelling
Aeration
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in fiction
Medieval Manuscripts
History and criticism
Medieval Tales
Early works to 1800
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
Manuscripts, English (Middle)
Translations into Arabic
open_syllabus_project
Modernized versions
Children's fiction
Great britain, history, norman period, 1066-1154, fiction
British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
Chaucer, geoffrey, -1400
English poetry, history and criticism, middle english, 1100-1500
Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Prologues and epilogues
Pilgrims and pilgrimages
Chaucer, geoffrey, -1400, study and teaching
Christian poetry
Great britain, poetry
Tales, medieval
Middle English
Adaptations
Juvenile fiction
England, fiction
Middle ages, fiction
Drama (dramatic works by one author)
Large type books
Appreciation and interpretation
School textbooks
Collections
Canterbury tales (Chaucer, Geoffrey)
Moyen Âge
Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
Histoires pour enfants anglaises
Chaucer, geoffrey , -1400
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--poetry
Storytelling--poetry
Pr1867 .k65 2005
821/.1
Commentaries
Talmud
English literature, history and criticism, middle english, 1100-1500
Classic Literature
Kristna pilgrimer och pilgrimsfärder
Skönlitteratur
Fiction, short stories (single author)
New York Times reviewed
Musée du Louvre
Biography
Freemasons

Description

A collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales (mostly in verse, although some are in prose) are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. In a long list of works, including Troilus and Criseyde, House of Fame, and Parliament of Fowls, The Canterbury Tales was Chaucer's magnum opus. He uses the tales and the descriptions of the characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society at the time, and particularly of the Church. Structurally, the collection bears the influence of The Decameron, which Chaucer is said to have come across during his first diplomatic mission to Italy in 1372. However, Chaucer peoples his tales with 'sondry folk' rather than Boccaccio's fleeing nobles.

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