Chaucer's The Canterbury tales / Gail Ashton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ashton, Gail, 1957-

Series:

Continuum reader's guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales.

Chaucer, Geoffrey.

Tales, Medieval--History and criticism.

Tales, Medieval.

Physical Description:

v, 121 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2007]

Summary:

This guide to The Canterbury Tales introduces students to Chaucer's life and times, before providing an analysis of the tales' language and style. Exemplary close readings of key tales and the General Prologue cover questions such as narrative voice, genre, gender and authority. A survey of the critical reception goes from early responses to recent critical approaches and the publishing history introduces the issues surrounding manuscripts and editions.

Contents:

Contexts

Language, style and form

Reading The Canterbury tales

Critical reception and publishing history

Afterlives

Further reading.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-118) and index.

ISBN:

9780826489357

0826489354

9780826489364

0826489362

OCLC:

81940638