Chaucer for a New Millennium : The BBC Canterbury Tales

Author / Editor
Harty, Kevin J.

Title
Chaucer for a New Millennium : The BBC Canterbury Tales

Published
David W. Marshall, ed. Mass Market Medieval: Essays on the Middle Ages in Popular Culture (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2007), pp. 13-27.

Description
Compares the six tales of The BBC Canterbury Tales (MilT, WBP, KnT, ShT, PardT, and MLT) with their Chaucerian originals. Emphasizes plot parallels, modern themes, and the lack of interconnection among the "six stand-alone telefilms."

Contributor
Marshall, David W., ed.

Alternative Title
Mass Market Medieval: Essays on the Middle Ages in Popular Culture.

Chaucer Subjects
Recordings and Films.
Canterbury Tales--General.