The Prologue To Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: With Explanatory Notes, A Glossary, And A Life Of The Poet (1871)

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Book Overview

The Prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: With Explanatory Notes, A Glossary, And A Life Of The Poet (1871) is a literary work by the renowned English poet and author, Geoffrey Chaucer. This book is a collection of Chaucer's iconic Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, which introduces the characters of the story and sets the stage for the epic journey to Canterbury.The book is accompanied by explanatory notes and a glossary, which provide readers with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1164852205
• ISBN13: 9781164852209
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

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The Prologue is the summarized essence of ' The Canterbury Tales' It contains the descriptions of the pilgrims who are to each ideally tell two tales . Chaucer never completes this plan but he does in the prologue give us wonderful character sketches of everyone from the ideally virtuous Knight to the scandalous Wife of Bath . These small portraits outline clearly what is to come but in themselves reveal the world of the Tales . The Prologue is filled with humor and piety, with sacrasm and wit, with beauty of language and harsh social criticism. It is the microcosm of the whole set of Tales which are to come. A masterpiece though marred to my mind as the whole work is by the Nun Prioress and her unfortunate blood- libel tale.