CliffsNotes on Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

✍ Scribed by Chaucer, Geoffrey;James L Roberts

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt;Cliffs Notes
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.

Join Chaucer's band of pilgrims on their journey in CliffsNotes on The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer's narrators represent a wide spectrum of society with various ranks and occupations. From the distinguished and noble Knight, to the pious abbess, the honorable Clerk, the rich landowner, the worldly and crude Wife, and on down the scale to the low, vulgar Miller and Carpenter, and the corrupt Pardoner.

Let this study guide reveal Chaucer's genius at understanding basic human nature as reflected in his tales. You'll also gain insight into the background and influences of the author. Other features that help you study include

Character analyses of major players
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✦ Subjects

Literature--History and criticism;Literature;Criticism, interpretation, etc;Chaucer, Geoffrey, -- -1400;Literature -- History and criticism

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