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A collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales (mostly in verse, although some are in prose) are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. In a long list of works, including Troilus and Criseyde, House of Fame, and Parliament of Fowls, The Canterbury Tales was Chaucer's magnum opus. He uses the tales and the descriptions of the characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society at the time, and particularly of the Church. Structurally, the collection bears the influence of The Decameron, which Chaucer is said to have come across during his first diplomatic mission to Italy in 1372. However, Chaucer peoples his tales with 'sondry folk' rather than Boccaccio's fleeing nobles.
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The Canterbury tales: fifteen tales and the general prologue : authoritative text, sources and backgrounds, criticism
2005, W.W. Norton
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The Canterbury tales: fifteen tales and the general prologue : authoritative texts, sources and backgrounds, criticism
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The Canterbury tales
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Canterbury tales
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Canterbury tales: annotated and accented, with illustrations of English life in Chaucer's time
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The Canterbury tales: of Chaucer. To which are added, an essay upon his language and versification; an introductory discourse; and notes. In four volumes. .
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