The Knight's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer

Author / Editor
Samson, Anne.

Title
The Knight's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer

Published
Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan Education, 1987.

Physical Description
viii, 88 pp.

Series
Macmillan Master Guides

Description
Study guide to KnT that includes an introduction to Chaucer's court culture and courtly tradition and discussion of KnT in relation to part one of CT (GP, MilT, RvT, and CkT). Includes a summary/commentary on KnT, arranged in narrative fragments, followed by discussion of the relation of KnT to Boccaccio's "Teseida" and the narrative techniques of the tale. Closes with a specimen passage in Middle English (with additional commentary), a brief description of critical approaches, and study questions.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale