The Canterbury Tales : a literary pilgrimage /
Williams, David 1939-,
The Canterbury Tales : a literary pilgrimage / [print] David Williams. - Boston : Twayne, (c)1987. - x, 115 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 4 . - Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 4. .
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.
Unravels the complex interplay of the realistic, the grotesque, and the sublime, and discusses the multiplicity of meanings held within narrative and poetic forms.
9780805779523 9780805780048
86029486
Tales, Medieval--History and criticism.
Philosophy, Medieval, in literature.
Nominalism in literature.
PR1874.W722.C368 1987 PR1874
The Canterbury Tales : a literary pilgrimage / [print] David Williams. - Boston : Twayne, (c)1987. - x, 115 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 4 . - Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 4. .
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.
Unravels the complex interplay of the realistic, the grotesque, and the sublime, and discusses the multiplicity of meanings held within narrative and poetic forms.
9780805779523 9780805780048
86029486
Tales, Medieval--History and criticism.
Philosophy, Medieval, in literature.
Nominalism in literature.
PR1874.W722.C368 1987 PR1874