The Canterbury Tales / Edition 1

by Derek Pearsall

Overview

This classic and eminently readable work provides a full critical introduction to the complete Canterbury Tales. Essential reading for students of Chaucer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415094443
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/1985
Series:	Unwin Critical Library Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	396
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Derek Pearsall, Claude Rawson

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Date and Manuscripts; Chapter 2 Plan and Order; Chapter 3 Some Portraits; Chapter 4 Romances; Chapter 5 Comic Tales and Fables; Chapter 6 Religious Tales; Chapter 7 Audience and Reception;

Editorial Reviews

‘For a student contemplating the purchase of one critical work on The Canterbury Tales, this is the one to buy. It combines persuasive, intelligent and jargon-free interpretation of Chaucer's poems with very useful running annotation of a wide range of contemporary criticism...A lively book which will surely remain the standard critical text for many years to come.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

‘This urbane, witty and delightful book is likely to become a classic of Chaucer criticism, invaluable to students of The Canterbury Tales.' - Review of English Studies

‘Unquestionably the best comprehensive study of Chaucer's poem in existence.' - A.C. Spearing, University of Virginia

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