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The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories built around a frame tale, a common and already long established genre in this period. Chaucer's Tales differs from most other story "collections" in this genre chiefly in its intense variation. Most story collections focused on a theme, usually a religious one.
The Canterbury Tales, frame story by Geoffrey Chaucer, written in Middle English in 1387–1400. The framing device for the collection of stories is a pilgrimage to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury, Kent. The 30 pilgrims who undertake the journey gather at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, across the Thames from London.
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, written in the late 14th century, is a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their journey to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. One of the best-loved works in the English language, the lively, absorbing, perceptive, and outrageously funny stories in The Canterbury Tales ...
At the Tabard Inn, a tavern in Southwark, near London, the narrator joins a company of twenty-nine pilgrims. The pilgrims, like the narrator, are traveling to the shrine of the martyr Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury. The narrator gives a descriptive account of twenty-seven of these pilgrims, including a Knight, Squire, Yeoman, Prioress, Monk ...
The Tale of Melibee (You can also view a Modern English translation) The Monk's Tale. The Tale of the Nun's Priest. The Second Nun's Tale. The Tale of the Canon's Yeoman. The Manciple's Tale. The Parson's Tale. Chaucer's Retraction. The General Prologue The Knight's Tale The Miller's Tale The Reeve's Tale.
May 8, 2019 · The Canterbury Tales (written c. 1388-1400 CE) is a medieval literary work by the poet Geoffrey Chaucer (l. c. 1343-1400 CE) comprised of 24 tales related to a number of literary genres and touching on subjects ranging from fate to God 's will to love, marriage, pride, and death. After the opening introduction (known as The General Prologue ...
Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – October 25, 1400?) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Although he wrote many works, he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales. Sometimes called the father of English literature, Chaucer is credited by some scholars as being the first ...
