Marshall Leicester, Jr., and Barbara Nolan discuss the narrative voice within The Canterbury Tales and the distinct figures of Chaucer the pilgrim, Chaucer the man, and Chaucer the poet. Also included in this volume is a broad collection of previously published essays written by esteemed scholars. Canfield Reisman presents an overview of feminist readings of The Canterbury Tales, and Lewis Walker examines how the culture and events of fourteenth-century England influenced Chaucer as he wrote his masterpiece. Bolton discusses Chaucer's ability to incorporate earlier classical works into his material while managing to keep his own writings original, Rosemary M.
Dominick Grace surveys contemporary criticism of the Tales, Matthew J. Four original essays then provide an introduction to the background and key themes of the tales. A biographical sketch of Geoffrey Chaucer by Judith Laird follows, along with a perspective by Benjamin Lytal, who, writing for The Paris Review, outlines Chaucer's career as an author and the shaky reception of his work that preceded his exquisite collection of tales. In highlighting the density of The Canterbury Tales, Lynch points out that the interpretations of Chaucer's work are both extensive and infinite. Lynch's introduction describes the image of Chaucer as seen through the eyes of familiar poets such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Matthew Arnold. Edited and with an introduction by Jack Lynch, Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University, it presents original essays along with classic and contemporary criticism to provide a unique insight into Chaucer's richly layered tales.
Accessible to first-time readers and Chaucerians alike, this volume provides an enjoyable approach to the complexities of The Canterbury Tales, with expert discussions of the stories that have enraptured, stunned, and enlightened six centuries of readers. Nevertheless, the twenty-four narratives that make up The Canterbury Tales stand complete as an artful array of stories that critique and satirize fourteenth-century English society.
Though he intended to give each of his thirty characters four tales, Chaucer left his great work largely unfinished. by combining sharp wit with an acute awareness of human nature, Chaucer produces some of literature's most unforgettable characters, such as the Wife of Bath, the Knight, the Miller, and the Prioress. Considered one the English language's most masterful works, Geoffrey Chaucer's series of tales has managed to stay relevant and prominent for more than six hundred years.
Summary: It would be impossible to exaggerate the influence, popularity, and prestige of The Canterbury Tales.
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