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The Canterbury Tales, a landmark in English literature, owes its classic standing and impact to the diversity both of the narrators and the styles of tales they tell. In this program, expert commentators discuss the tradition of 14th-century poetry, the General Prologue, Chaucer's social grouping of the pilgrims, the themes they explore, and the poem as a reflection of Medieval English society. Dramatic reenactments and numerous period images help bring the tales to life.

Routledge, Warne and Routledge: London 1863 Illustrated by Edward Corbould, 6.5 x 4, blind stamped full red leather with gilt lettering, all edges gilt, 586 pp. Covers are scuffed, minor edge bumping, slight foxing else a nice volume. FORE-EDGE HAS AN ORIGINAL COLOR PAINTING OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL.

ISBN13: 9780631225621. ISBN10: 0631225625. by John C. Hirsh. Published by Wiley Print On Demand. Edition: 03

Known as the father of English literature, Geoffrey Chaucer's literary eminence was achieved despite having lived in one of the most troubled centuries the world has known. He survived the Black Death and became a soldier, prisoner, spy, top civil servant and courtier. Throughout and despite all this, he would lead what was a brief golden age of English literature. Terry Jones contributes an interview to the program during which he presents his view of Chaucer, which vigorously supports the...

Genre: Literary Criticism. Subgenre: General, Medieval. Publisher: Brilliance Audio. Language: English. Release Date: March 16, 2011. Date Published: March 16, 2011.

Geoffrey Chaucer was the first major personality in English literature, and his accounts of the medieval world are unmatched by an historian. Part One of this production provides a complete biography of Chaucer, an in-depth look at his language, and critical analysis of such poems as The House of Fame, The Parliament of Fowls, and Troilus and Criseyde. In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer provides a broad and accurate view of the colors and diversity and details of medieval life. The brilliant collection...

This volume presents a feminist approach to the Canterbury Tales, investigating the ways in which the tensions and contradictions found within the broad contours of medieval gender discourse write themselves into Chaucer's text. Four discourses of medieval masculinity are examined, which simultaneously reinforce and resist one another: heroic or chivalric, Christian, courtly love, and emerging humanist models. Each chapter attempts to negotiate both contemporary assumptions of gender construction...

The ten essays included in this book illuminate the central themes of the Canterbury Tales clearly, with detailed footnotes and an annotated list of further readings. Dr. Patterson, one of the most distinguished Chaucerian scholars in the world, edited the text and penned both the introduction and the seventh essay, "The Pardoner's Dilemma". (GBR806, $40.00)

Limited Editions Club, 1934. Signed by the printer, George Jones. Limited Numbered Edition, Signed by author. Binding: Cloth & Boards. Book Condition: Very Good. Size: 4to - over 9.75" - 12" tall. A Numbered Limited Edition of this Chaucer classic signed by the Printer, George Jones, at The Sign of the Dolphin in Gough Square, London from the Linotype Granjon designed by him. Rendered into modern English verse by Frank Ernest Hill who wrote the 16-page introduction. This two-volume set is numbered...

This study shows how contemporary theory can serve to clarify structures of identity and economies of desire in medieval texts.Bringing the resources of psychoanalytic and poststructuralist theory to bear on Chaucer's tales about women, this book addresses those registers of the Canterbury project that remain major concerns for recent feminist theory: the specificity of feminine desire, the cultural articulation of gender, the logic of sacrifice as a cultural ideal, the structure of misogyny and...

11/28/1996 Hardcover Very Good 0198123787 Very Good Condition and Unread! Text is clean and unmarked! Minor shelf wear to cover from storage, small bruise. --Be Sure to Compare ... Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing--Has a small black line on bottom/exterior edge of pages. Read more Show Less

This concise and lively survey introduces students with no prior knowledge to Chaucer, and particularly to The Canterbury Tales. Provides essential facts about Chaucer, as well as a framework for thinking about his poetry. Encourages an engaged reading of The Canterbury Tales. Introduces students to the historical and religious background needed to understand the contexts in which Chaucer wrote. Provides essential facts about Chaucer, as well as a framework for thinking about his poetry. Encourages...

CD-ROM, Cambridge University Press

Book Details Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1978. Leather Bound. 8vo. Nicely bound in full brown leather covered boards with gilt design and title to front board and to spine. 4 raised bands to spine. Two very small spots of white paint to edge of lower right corner of rear board. Pristine interior printed on archival paper. Full gilt edges. 550 pages. LIT/110409. Near Fine [Book #22261] See all items in Literature Price: $45.00

Pages: 304, Edition: 1st, Paperback, University Press of Florida

Pages: 304, Edition: 1, Paperback, Cambridge University Press

DVD BRAND NEW This DVD covers English author, poet, philosopher, courtier, and diplomat Geoffrey Chaucer's life to middle age, Chaucer's 14th century saw him survive the Black ... Death as a child, the plague that wiped out a third of the population of the West, and become. Read more Show Less