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The prologue to the Canterbury tales

Title
The prologue to the Canterbury tales / Nigel Thomas and Richard Swan.
Author
Thomas, Nigel, 1936-
Publication
Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1985.

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Additional Authors
  • Swan, Richard.
  • Chaucer, Geoffrey, 1340?-1400.
Description
80 pages; 22 cm.
Summary
Key features include a completer summary and critical commentary, analysis of a specimen passage, an in-depth discussion of themes and technical features of the work and revision questions.
Series Statement
Macmillan master guides
Subject
  • Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
  • Chaucer, Geoffrey, 1345?-1400?
  • Chaucer, Geoffrey
  • Canterbury tales (Chaucer, Geoffrey)
  • Prolog
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 79-80.
Contents
The religious and scientific background (Cosmology ; Science ; Thought ; The difference between medieval and modern thought) The social and historical background (Europe ; Society ; The late Fourteenth century) -- The artistic background (Realism : Originality ; Purpose ; Types of writing ; Language and literature ; The writers ; Audience and performance) -- Chaucer (Life ; Work ; The Canterbury tales) -- The commentary -- Specimen passage and critical commentary -- Critical reception.
ISBN
  • 0333392981
  • 9780333392980
  • 0333372905
  • 9780333372906
OCLC
  • ocm59093977
  • 59093977
  • SCSB-14581675
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library