Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400): The Canterbury Tales (1400)
- Author / Editor
- Murnighan, Jack.
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400): The Canterbury Tales (1400)
- Published
- Jack Murnighan. "Beowulf" on the Beach: What to Love and What to Skip in Literature's 50 Greatest Hits (New York: Three Rivers Press, 2009), pp. 86-97.
- Description
- Encourages approaching Chaucer as "both funny and a little racy," giving advice on how to read with understanding, opinions on what is "sexy" in CT, and suggestions of what to skip in the work (CkPT, MLT, SqT, FranT, PhyT, PrT, Th, Mel, MkT, NPT, SNT, CYT, and ParsT). Then briefly summarizes the remaining prologues and tales.
- Alternative Title
- "Beowulf" on the Beach: What to Love and What to Skip in Literature's 50 Greatest Hits.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General