Williams, David  1939-, <br/><br/>
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. .
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<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780805779523 9780805780048 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>86029486 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Tales, Medieval--History and criticism.<br/>Philosophy, Medieval, in literature.<br/>Nominalism in literature.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR1874.W722.C368 1987 PR1874