TY - BOOK AU - Chaucer,Geoffrey AU - Coghill,Nevill TI - The Canterbury tales T2 - Penguin classics SN - 0140424385 AV - PR1870.A1 C6 2003 U1 - 821/.1 21 PY - 2003/// CY - London, New York PB - Penguin Books KW - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages KW - Poetry KW - Storytelling KW - Middle Ages KW - fast KW - England N1 - Translated from Middle English; Chaucer's life- Chaucer's works: Group A -- Prologue -- Knight's tale -- Words between the Host and the Miller -- Miller's tale -- Reeve's prologue -- Reeve's tale -- Cook's prologue -- Cook's prologue -- Group B -- Introduction to the Man of Law's tale -- Man of Law's prologue -- Man of Law's tale -- Epilogue to the Man of Law's tale -- Shipman's tale -- Words of the Host to the Shipman and the Prioress -- Prioress's prologue -- Prioress's tale -- Words of the Host and Chaucer -- Chaucer's tale of Sir Topaz -- Host stops Chaucer's tale of Sir Topaz -- Chaucer's tale of Melibee -- Words of the Host to the Monk -- Monks tale -- Words of the Knight to the Host -- Nun's priest's tale -- Words of the Host to the Nun's priest -- Group C -- Physician's tale -- Words of the Host to the Physician and to the Pardoner -- Pardoner's prologue -- Pardoner's tale -- Group D -- Wife of Bath's prologue -- Words between the Summoner and the Friar -- Wife of Bath's tale -- Friar's prologue -- Friar's tale -- Summoner's prologue -- Summoner's tale -- Group E -- Clerk's prologue -- Clerk's tale -- Chaucer's envoy to the Clerk's tale -- Merchant's prologue -- Merchant's tale -- Epilogue to the Merchant's tale -- Group F -- Squire's prologue -- Squire's tale -- Words of the Franklin to the Squire and the Host to the Franklin -- Franklin's prologue -- Franklin's tale -- Group G -- Second nun's prologue -- Second nun's tale -- Canon's yeoman's prologue -- Canon's yeoman's tale -- Group H -- Manciple's prologue -- Manciple's tale -- Group I -- Parson's prologue -- Parson's tale -- Chaucer's retractions -- Notes N2 - A retelling of the medieval poem about a group of travelers on a pilgrimage to Canterbury and the tales they tell each other. With their astonishing diversity of tone and subject matter, The Canterbury Tales have become one of the touchstones of medieval literature. Translated here into modern English, these tales of a motley crowd of pilgrims drawn from all walks of life-from knight to nun, miller to monk-reveal a picture of English life in the fourteenth century that is as robust as it is representative UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2003265749-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2003265749-d.html ER -