On Foot to Canterbury: A Son's Pilgrimage.

Author / Editor
Haigh, Ken.

Title
On Foot to Canterbury: A Son's Pilgrimage.

Published
Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2021.

Physical Description
xiv, 266 pp.; b&w illus.

Description
Contemplative memoir of walking the Pilgrims' Way from Winchester to Canterbury, highlighted with literary and historical references and commentary. Chaucerian references include, for example, lines translated from GP (1–2, 12–18), a surmise that the wall-painting of Fortune in Rochester cathedral may be connected with MkT, an account of "The Canterbury Pilgrims," a chapter of Edith Nesbit's 1901 children's novel "The Wouldbegoods," and more.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion