Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
Title
Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
- Published
- Princeton, N.J : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, with Cromwell Productions, 1999.
- Physical Description
- Video recording. 28 min.; CD-ROM.
- Series
- Films for the Humanities, no. 8658
- Description
- Pedagogical tool for introduction to CT, including the text of the Tales in modern and Middle English, selections from the Ellesmere facsimile, overviews of plots and characters, a glossary of modern synonyms for Middle English words, a pronunciation guide (with brief aural readings), a select bibliography and filmography, and critical materials. These include brief excerpts from Caxton, Dryden, Blake, Hazlitt, and Arnold; an overview of Chaucer's life and times (with datelines); ten mini-essays on themes (by Clare Round and Ben Lawrence); commentaries on critical questions (film clips by Christiania Whitehead and Peter Mack, reproduced from SAC 22 [2000], no.11); and suggestions for classroom exercises. The texts of the Tales and apparatus can be printed and searched for modern English words. Graphics and music (by Tarleton's Jig) included.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Recordings and Films.
- Canterbury Tales--General.