The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

Author / Editor
Brosamer, Matthew.

Title
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

Published
Joyce Moss and Lorraine Valestuk, British and Irish Literature and Its Times; Celtic Migrations to the Reform Bill (Beginnings-1830s). World Literatures and Its Times, no. 3 (Detroit: Gale, 2001), pp. 43-53.

Series
World Literatures and Its Times, no. 03.

Description
Introductory description of CT, discussed in light of Chaucer's life and several literary concerns: estates satire, the role of the Church and pilgrimage, the "battle of the sexes," and sources. Includes plot summaries of MilT, WBPT, FranT, and NPT.

Contributor
Moss, Joyce, ed.
Valestuk, Lorraine, ed.

Alternative Title
British and Irish Literature and Its Times; Celtic Migrations to the Reform Bill (Beginnings-1830s).

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General