canterbury tales

Contains a complete plot summary and analysis of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales," as well as discussion of the characters, themes, and includes study questions.

Short selection from the Canterbury Tales--a group of stories told by pilgrims on their way to Canterbury Catherdral--in the original Middle English with definitions, followed by essays on the background of each story, plus criticisms of the texts.

A collection of ten critical essays on the Prologue to Chaucer's well-known work, arranged in chronological order of their original publication.

Contains thirty-two entries, one for each of the pilgrims in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," that provide detailed historical descriptions of their occupations.

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.

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.