Literary Contests and London Records in the Canterbury Tales

Author / Editor
Benson, C. David.

Title
Literary Contests and London Records in the Canterbury Tales

Published
Ardis Butterfield, ed. Chaucer and the City (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2006), pp. 129-44.

Description
Significantly, the setting of GP is located outside the limits of London proper, and most of the pilgrims are not Londoners. CkT offers a clear vision of fourteenth-century London and reflects what is both good and appalling about the city.

Alternative Title
Chaucer and the City.

Chaucer Subjects
Cook and His Tale.
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.