| Description |
vii, 168 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Modern critical interpretations |
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Modern critical interpretations.
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| Note |
Spine title: The general prologue to the Canterbury tales. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-157) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Harold Bloom -- Chaucer : motive and mask in the General Prologue / Ruth Nevo -- Medieval estates satire and the General Prologue / Jill Mann -- Memory and form / Donald R. Howard -- History and form in the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales / Loy D. Martin -- Creation in Genesis and nature in Chaucer's General Prologue 1-18 / Jane Chance -- Gold and iron : semantic change and social change in Chaucer's Prologue / Geoffrey Hughes -- The art of impersonation : a general prologue to the Canterbury Tales / H. Marshall Tucker -- The Canterbury Tales as framed narratives / Morton W. Bloomfield -- Commercial language and the commercial outlook in the General Prologue / Patricia J. Eberle -- "A poet ther was" : Chaucer's voices in the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales / Barbara Nolan |
| Summary |
A collection of ten critical essays on the Prologue to Chaucer's well-known work, arranged in chronological order of their original publication. |
| Subject |
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales. Prologue.
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Prologues and epilogues -- History and criticism.
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Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature.
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English literature -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Bloom, Harold.
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| Added Title |
General prologue to the Canterbury tales.
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| ISBN |
0877549052 alkaline paper $24.50 |
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9780877549055 alkaline paper |
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