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Author Williams, David (David Eliot), 1939-

Title The Canterbury Tales : a literary pilgrimage / David Williams.

Publication Info. Boston : Twayne, [1987]
©1987

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  821 C39CA 1    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  821. C39CA 1    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  821 CHAUCER WIL    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  828 C496YWM    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  Z821 CHAUCER W    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  821.09 CHAUCER    Check Shelf
Description x, 115 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Series Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 4
Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 4.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-112) and index.
Contents 1. Historical context. The fourteenth century ; The intellectual milieu -- 2. The Canterbury tales and the tradition of English literature. The importance of the work ; Critical reception -- 3. The philosophical debate -- 4. Finding the audience -- 5. The general prologue -- 6. Language redeemed. The miller's tale ; The wife of Bath's tale ; The pardoner's tale ; The nun's priest's tale -- 7. Conclusion.
Summary Unravels the complex interplay of the realistic, the grotesque, and the sublime, and discusses the multiplicity of meanings held within narrative and poetic forms.
Subject Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature.
Tales, Medieval -- History and criticism.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Philosophy.
Philosophy, Medieval, in literature.
Nominalism in literature.
ISBN 0805779523
0805780041 (paperback)
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