Title: Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales
First published: August 2002
Description: This concise and lively survey introduces students with no prior knowledge to Chaucer, and particularly to The Canterbury Tales. Provides essential facts about Chaucer, as well as a framework for thinking about his poetry. Encourages an engaged reading of The Canterbury Tales. Introduces students to the historical and religious background needed to understand the contexts in which Chaucer wrote. Provides essential facts about Chaucer, as well as a framework for thinking about his poetry. Encourages an engaged reading of The Canterbury Tales. Introduces students to the historical and religious background needed to understand the contexts in which Chaucer wrote.
Subjects: Biography, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature, English Poets, History and criticism, Literary Criticism, Medieval Tales, Nonfiction, Poets, English, Tales, Medieval, Chaucer, geoffrey, -1400, Poets, biography, Pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature, Tales, history and criticism
People: Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400)
Time periods: Middle English, 1100-1500
LC classification: PR1905 .H54 2003