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Pagans, Tartars, Moslems, and Jews in Chaucer's Canterbury tales

2001
The author compares the Christian ethics and history of the "Canterbury Tales" against the beliefs and practices of Moslems, Jews, pagans, and the Tartars and shows that Chaucer wrote with the diverse philosophy, religion, and ethics that coexisted with Christian theology.

The Canterbury tales I

2000
Three of the classic stories by Chaucer relating the tales of various pilgrims on their way to the shrine of St. Thomas at Canterbury.

Canterbury tales

1988
A prose retelling of four tales from Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," in which travelers on a pilgrimage to Canterbury in the Middle Ages share their stories.

Belle's song

2011
Fifteen-year-old Belle, burdened by the knowledge that her carelessness has crippled her father, joins a pilgrimage to Canterbury made famous by Chaucer and comes to love her fellow travelers, especially Luke and Walter, but faces a difficult decision when she learns the famous author is embroiled in dangerous politics.

Chaucer's language

2007
A guide for students studying the works of Chaucer, which explains how to interpret Middle English language, discussing pronunciation and definitions in twentieth-century context, as well as the variations on the fourteenth-century London dialect Chaucer used throughout his works.

Chaucer

his life, his works, his world
1987
"A William Abrahams book." A biography of the English poet focusing on the map, the poet, and the age in which he lived.

Understanding the Canterbury tales

2003
A study guide to Geoffrey Chaucer's classic "The Canterbury Tales" containing a Chaucer biography, historical background on the text, character sketches, plot summaries, discussion of literary devices and themes, works of criticism, a chronology, a bibliography, and essay suggestions.

Geoffrey Chaucer

1986
A critical study of Chaucer's work, life, and times.

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