The Canterbury Tales

by Chaucer, Geoffrey; Wright, David

• ISBN13: 9780199535620
• ISBN10: 0199535620
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

David Wright's new translation of The Canterbury Tales into modern verse--the first to appear in over thirty years--makes one of the greatest works of English literature accessible to all readers while preserving the wit and vivacity of Chaucer's original text.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xxii
Select Bibliography	p. xxiii
A Chronology of Geoffrey Chaucer	p. xxvi
The Canterbury Tales
Fragment I (Group A)
General Prologue	p. 1
The Knight's Tale	p. 23
The Miller's Prologue	p. 79
The Miller's Tale	p. 81
The Reeve's Prologue	p. 98
The Reeve's Tale	p. 99
The Prologue of the Cook's Tale	p. 109
The Cook's Tale	p. 111
Fragment II (Group B[superscript 1])
Introduction to the Sergeant-at-Law's Tale	p. 113
The Prologue of the Sergeant-at-Law's Tale	p. 115
The Sergeant-at-Law's Tale	p. 117
The Epilogue of the Sergeant-at-Law's Tale	p. 146
Fragment VII (Group B[superscript 2])
The Sea-Captain's Tale	p. 148
What the Host said to the Sea-Captain and the lady Prioress	p. 159
The Prologue of the Prioress's Tale	p. 159
The Prioress's Tale	p. 160
The Prologue to Sir Topaz	p. 166
Sir Topaz	p. 167
The Prologue to the Tale of Melibeus	p. 173
The Tale of Melibeus	p. 174
The Prologue of the Monk's Tale	p. 175
The Monk's Tale	p. 178
The Prologue of the Nun's Priest's Tale	p. 201
The Nun's Priest's Tale	p. 202
Epilogue to the Nun's Priest's Tale	p. 218
Fragment III (Group D)
The Prologue of the Wife of Bath's Tale	p. 219
The dispute between the Summoner and the Friar	p. 239
The Wife of Bath's Tale	p. 240
The Prologue of the Friar's Tale	p. 251
The Friar's Tale	p. 252
The Prologue of the Summoner's Tale	p. 261
The Summoner's Tale	p. 262
Fragment IV (Group E)
The Prologue of the Oxford Scholar's Tale	p. 278
The Oxford Scholar's Tale	p. 279
The Prologue of the Merchant's Tale	p. 313
The Merchant's Tale	p. 313
Epilogue to the Merchant's Tale	p. 343
Fragment V (Group F)
The Prologue of the Squire's Tale	p. 344
The Squire's Tale	p. 344
What the Franklin said to the Squire	p. 361
The Prologue of the Franklin's Tale	p. 362
The Franklin's Tale	p. 362
Fragment VI (Group C)
The Doctor of Medicine's Tale	p. 386
What the Host said to the Doctor and the Pardoner	p. 393
The Prologue of the Pardoner's Tale	p. 394
The Pardoner's Tale	p. 398
Fragment VIII (Group G)
The Prologue of the Second Nun's Tale	p. 411
The Second Nun's Tale	p. 414
The Prologue of the Canon's Assistant's Tale	p. 427
The Canon's Assistant's Tale	p. 431
Fragment IX (Group H)
The Manciple's Prologue	p. 451
The Manciple's Tale	p. 454
Fragment X (Group I)
The Parson's Prologue	p. 461
The Parson's Tale	p. 463
The Author's Valediction	p. 464
Explanatory Notes	p. 465
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