The Canterbury Tales: Fifteen Tales and the General Prologue

By (author): "Glending Olson, V.A. Kolve, Geoffrey Chaucer"
Publish Date: 1390
The Canterbury Tales: Fifteen Tales and the General Prologue
ISBN0393925870
ISBN139780393925876
AsinThe Canterbury Tales: Fifteen Tales and the General Prologue
Original titleTales of Caunterbury
Each is presented in the original language, with normalized spelling and substantial annotations for modern readers. Among the new added to the Second Edition are the much-requested "Merchant s Tale" and the "Tale of Sir Thopas." "Sources and Backgrounds" are included for the General Prologue and for most of the tales, enabling students to understandThe Canterbury Tales in light of relevant medieval ideas and attitudes and inviting comparison between Chaucer s work and his sources. "Criticism" includes nine essays, four of them new to this edition, by leading Chaucerians, among them F. R. H. DuBoulay, E. Talbot Donaldson, Barbara Nolani, and Lee Patterson. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included."