Geoffrey Chaucer: The Nun's Priest's Tale

by Mack, Peter; Hawkins, Andy; Lee, Victor

• ISBN13: 9780198325482
• ISBN10: 0198325487
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This edition of The Nun's Priest's Tale uses the Riverside text. It includes The Nun's Priest's prologue, tale and epilogue as well as the portrait of the Prioress from the General Prologue. In addition, it gives practical guidance on how to read Middle English, and a full glossary. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. viii
Editors	p. viii
Foreword	p. ix
Chaucer's Nun's Priest's Tale in Context	p. 1
The Nun's Priest's Tale	p. 7
The Nun's Priest's Prologue	p. 7
The Nun's Priest's Tale	p. 9
Epilogue to The Nun's Priest's Tale	p. 28
Notes	p. 29
The Nun's Priest's Prologue	p. 31
The Knight interrupts The Monk: lines 1-25	p. 31
The Host speaks to The Monk and The Nun's Priest: lines 26-54	p. 33
The Nun's Priest's Tale	p. 37
A description of the poor widow: lines 55-80	p. 39
A description of Chauntecleer: lines 81-98	p. 41
Chauntecleer's hens: lines 99-115	p. 44
Chauntecleer's dream: lines 116-41	p. 46
Pertelote responds to Chauntecleer's dream: lines 142-203	p. 47
Chauntecleer begins his reply: lines 204-17	p. 52
Chauntecleer's first story: lines 218-96	p. 53
Chauntecleer's second story: lines 297-343	p. 56
Chauntecleer cites more examples and authorities: lines 344-90	p. 58
Chauntecleer is overcome by Pertelote's beauty: lines 391-420	p. 61
Chauntecleer's precarious happiness: lines 421-48	p. 62
The fox lies in wait for Chauntecleer: lines 449-63	p. 65
The Nun's Priest on dreams and predestination: lines 464-84	p. 67
The Nun's Priest on women's advice: lines 485-500	p. 70
Chauntecleer notices the fox: lines 501-15	p. 71
The fox's flattering speech: lines 516-64	p. 72
The fox seizes Chauntecleer: lines 565-608	p. 74
Everyone chases the fox: lines 609-35	p. 77
Chauntecleer's escape and the moral of the tale: lines 636-80	p. 79
Epilogue to The Nun's Priest's Tale	p. 84
The Host congratulates The Nun's Priest on his tale: lines 681-96	p. 84
Interpretations	p. 87
Setting and genre	p. 87
Setting the tale in context	p. 87
The link between The Monk's Tale and The Nun's Priest's Tale	p. 89
Genre	p. 90
The beast-fable	p. 91
The heroic and the mock-heroic	p. 97
Realism	p. 99
The 'mixed style'	p. 100
Structure, language and style	p. 102
Narrative and narrators	p. 102
Rhetoric	p. 106
Ideas and themes	p. 110
Dreams	p. 110
Attitudes to women	p. 114
Relationships between men and women	p. 117
Taketh the moralite...	p. 120
The Epilogue	p. 123
Critical views	p. 124
Essay Questions	p. 127
Chronology	p. 131
Further Reading	p. 135
A Note on Chaucer's English	p. 139
A Note on Pronunciation	p. 147
Glossary	p. 149
Appendix	p. 159
The description of The Prioress	p. 159
Chauntecleer's first story	p. 162
A beast-fable from Aesop	p. 163
A summary of the story of Reynard and Chantecler	p. 164
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