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The Canterbury Tales : a literary pilgrimage / David Williams. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 4.Publication details: Boston : Twayne, (c)1987.Description: x, 115 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780805779523
  • 9780805780048
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PR1874.W722.C368 1987
  • PR1874
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Contents:
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.
Subject: Unravels the complex interplay of the realistic, the grotesque, and the sublime, and discusses the multiplicity of meanings held within narrative and poetic forms.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction PR1874.W55 1987 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001673397

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.

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