Studying Chaucer: Approaching the Canterbury Tales

Description: Study guide to CT, arranged topically, with sections that introduce the Host, the narrator, and other "voices"; genre and the relations of teller and tale; and several thematic concerns: ideal womanhood and its subversion, writing and authority, and subverting authority. Each section opens with a "one-minute summary" and proceeds to explore topics and raise questions, focusing on representative tales. The volume includes an index.