num_pages: 624
description: Based on the definitive Riverside Chaucer, this edition of The Canterbury Tales contains the complete text of all 24 Tales, thoroughly updated scholarship from the past 20 years, and extensive editorial support. This volume is ideal for instructors who want to assign only the Tales and have no need for the complete Chaucer. An overview briefly outlines the basic plot and main idea of each Tale, while a section on language and versification helps students with pronunciation. Explanatory notes provide information on sources, problematic passages, and critical interpretations. Additional pedagogy includes a glossary, a section on Chaucer's life, an index, a general bibliography, and a list of abbreviations.
language: English
title: The Canterbury Tales
titlecomplete: The Canterbury Tales
characters: The Wife of Bath
genres: Read For School, Short Stories, Historical Fiction, School, Poetry, Literature, High School, Classic Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 216644
places: England
publisher: Cengage Learning