canterbury tales

Provides analysis of the most frequently studied poems in literature courses. Contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work The Canterbury Tales, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.

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.