Oxford Guides to Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales / Edition 2

by Helen Cooper

Overview

Since its first publication in 1989, Helen Cooper's guide to The Canterbury Tales has established itself as the standard work on the poem. This second edition continues to offer the most comprehensive scrutiny of the Tales both as a whole and individually. In addition, Cooper incorporates the most significant recent scholarship and criticism, reflecting current research in the areas of Chaucer's historical and social context and developments in the interpretation of Chaucer's presentation of women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198711551
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/23/1996
Series:	Oxford Guides to Chaucer
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	454
Product dimensions:	9.28(w) x 6.20(h) x 0.94(d)
Lexile:	1310L (what's this?)

About the Author

Helen Cooper is Fellow in English at University College, Oxford.

Table of Contents

IntroductionThe Canterbury TalesFRAGMENT IThe General PrologueThe Knight's TaleThe Miller's TaleThe Reeve's TaleThe Cook's TaleFRAGMENT IIThe Man of Law's TaleFRAGMENT IIIThe Wife of Bath's PrologueThe Wife of Bath's TaleThe Friar's TaleThe Summoner's TaleFRAGMENT IVThe Clerk's TaleThe Merchant's TaleFRAGMENT VThe Squire's TaleThe Franklin's TaleFRAGMENT VIThe Placing of the FragmentThe Physician's TaleThe Pardoner's Prologue and TaleFRAGMENT VIIThe Placing of the FragmentThe Shipman's TaleThe Prioress's TaleThe Tale of Sir ThopasThe Tale of MelibeeThe Monk's TaleThe Nun's Priest's TaleFRAGMENT VIIIThe Placing of the FragmentThe Second Nun's TaleThe Canon's Yeoman's TaleFRAGMENT IXThe Manciple's TaleFRAGMENT XThe Parson's TaleTaking Leave: Chaucer's 'Retractions'Imitations of the Canterbury Tales 1400-1615General BibliographyIndex

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the first edition: "Marked by wit, learning, intelligence, and that rarest of critical virtues, good judgement...this is now the first book on The Canterbury Tales to consult after reading the text itself."—Studies in the Age of Chaucer.

"Cooper's guide is a more powerful book than any previous aid or introduction to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. It presents the lively and generous mind of a serious scholar and a sensitive reader."—Notes and Queries.

"A substantial work...with something of the proportions and production quality of a reference volume....This is a major book with many virtues...[and] much to offer its reader"—Review of English Studies.

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