The Christian Tradition in English Literature: Poetry, Plays, and Shorter Prose

Author / Editor
Cavill, Paul, and Heather Ward.

Title
The Christian Tradition in English Literature: Poetry, Plays, and Shorter Prose

Published
Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2007.

Physical Description
512 pp.

Description
Summaries of literary works, plus study questions designed for self-teaching, ranging from works of Bede and Caedmon to those of Philip Larkin and Edna O'Brien, with a summary of biblical plots, Christian history, hymns, and a glossary of terms. Two sections pertain to Chaucer: (1) a comparison of NPT with the fable of Marie de France and Henryson's The Cock and the Fox (pp. 44-48); and (2) a commentary on Christian religion in GP and in PardPT (pp. 56-61).

Contributor
Ward, Heather.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism
Nun's Priest and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary relations
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
Pardoner and His Tale