| Description |
118 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Bloom's guides |
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Bloom's guides.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-108) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Biographical sketch -- The story behind the story -- List of characters -- Summary and analysis -- Critical views. G.K. Chesterton on Chaucer's greatness -- Arthur W. Hoffman on the Opening lines of the Prologue -- E.T. Donaldson on Chaucer the poet and pilgrim -- Paul G. Ruggiers on Chaucerian comedy -- V.A. Kolve on Chaucer's Fabliaux -- Alcuin Blamires on Excess and restraint in the Tales -- Winthrop Wetherbee on the Absence of order -- Anne Laskaya on Chaucer and competition -- Derek Brewer on the Miller's tale -- Helen Phillips on Intentional diversity in the Tales -- John C. Hirsch on Love and death in the Knight's tale -- C. David Benson on the First two tales -- Seth Lerer on the Philosophical question of the Tales -- Lee Patterson on Chaucer as creator of English tradition -- Works by Geoffrey Chaucer -- Annotated bibliography -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
| Summary |
An overview of the work features a biographical sketch of the author, a list of characters, a summary of the plot, and critical and analytical views of the work. |
| Subject |
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales.
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Canterbury tales (Chaucer, Geoffrey)
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Tales, Medieval -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Bloom, Harold.
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| Added Title |
Canterbury tales |
| ISBN |
9780791097922 (hardback) |
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0791097927 (hardback) |
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