| 单词 | Canterbury Tales |
| 例句 | I pulled The Canterbury Tales from my locker and dropped it in my backpack. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It consists of eight letterpress-printed pages, between covers made of two computer zip disks, which hold digital versions of “The Odyssey,” “The Canterbury Tales,” “Hamlet” and other canonical works. The 2,000-Year Story of Building the Book 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z In the 14th century, Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales, surely the most famous book about pilgrimage in world literature, and a classic of the middle ages. Why did Chaucer not make it into Treasures of Heaven? 2011-08-05T13:31:37Z In the case of long works like “The Canterbury Tales” or “Paradise Lost,” extensive passages were included. M.H. Abrams, Who Shaped Romantic Criticism, Dies at 102 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Treasures of Heaven includes the cult of Beckett – but it does not examine the treasury of profane humour that is The Canterbury Tales. Why did Chaucer not make it into Treasures of Heaven? 2011-08-05T13:31:37Z Indeed, the director, Jack Fessenden, had to juggle “trigonometry homework or my ‘Canterbury Tales’ reading” with his moviemaking responsibilities, he says in his production notes. Review: Juggling ‘Stray Bullets’ and Homework 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Each pilgrim of "The Canterbury Tales" represents a different class or social position — the knight, the priest, the merchant, and so on. Hit the road, Jack: 5 epic literary road trips that are not by Kerouac 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z The roving pedlar Picked-Up, the singing beggar Little Jade and Fifth Grandfather are only a few of the enchanting figures in this miniature Canterbury Tales. Profile: Wang Anyi 2011-03-30T11:57:46Z Aida Edemariam may not have intended the title of her book to recall the Wife of Bath, of Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.” She Didn’t Know How to Read, but Her Stories Captured History 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z In Boccaccio's Decameron, priests, convents and piety are mocked even more harshly than they are in The Canterbury Tales. Why did Chaucer not make it into Treasures of Heaven? 2011-08-05T13:31:37Z Friar Hubert in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales Devoted to the principles of Francis of Assisi, the friars, who arrived in England in 1221, lived without possessions, travelling the country teaching, preaching and begging. Paul Murray's top 10 wicked clerics 2010-03-17T15:38:00Z The copy of Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” that Uma Sinha brings with her to the Indian consulate ought to be a tip-off. Newly Released 2010-02-18T00:43:00Z He took a particular interest in medieval English poet Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," from which one of the most famous characters was that of a knight. Terry Jones dies at 77 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z “The Canterbury Tales,” written by Chaucer in about the late 14th century, is a collection of 24 stories told by a group of pilgrims during their journey to Canterbury Cathedral, 60 miles east of London. Zadie Smith’s First Play Brings Chaucer to Her Beloved Northwest London 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z In 2003 she brought her effortless, perky glamour to a modern day reworking of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, appearing as a young pub singer in The Miller's Tale opposite Dennis Waterman as the landlord. Billie Piper: how to conquer the world before you're 30 2012-11-10T15:55:00Z It borrows the structure of “The Canterbury Tales” and blasts it into space in one massive undertaking. Review | ‘Dune’ is a classic space opera. Let’s talk about other great works in this genre. 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z This classic series is a little like “Canterbury Tales” for science fiction fans. Review | The weirdly specific mixtape Vol. 1: Space fantasy books to read 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Medieval works lend themselves to the picaresque, or multiple narration – think of The Decameròn or The Canterbury Tales. tapestry by Philip Terry – review 2013-05-28T10:36:05Z For nearly 150 years, a cloud has hung over the reputation of Geoffrey Chaucer, the author of “The Canterbury Tales,” long seen as the founder of the English literary canon. Chaucer the Rapist? Newly Discovered Documents Suggest Not. 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z With a nod to the structure of "The Canterbury Tales," Winch's stories follow the cross country journey of a young Indigenous girl, May. Hit the road, Jack: 5 epic literary road trips that are not by Kerouac 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z But they didn't talk the way they talk in "Don Quixote" or "The Canterbury Tales," either. "Deadwood" rides again 2010-12-12T00:01:00Z SAN MARINO, Calif. — What does a 15th-century illuminated manuscript of “The Canterbury Tales” have in common with an “Old Mission Brand” label from a crate of oranges? Exhibition Review: ‘The Library Re-Imagined,’ at the Huntington 2013-12-20T22:18:50Z Those of you with more to prove will want to drop the words 'anapestic tetrameter' and call it a modern-day Canterbury Tales or even The Wasteland. Summer reads - best book to share: Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish by David Rakoff 2013-07-22T15:04:00Z Zarins’ debut, “Sometimes We Tell the Truth,” is a contemporary retelling of “The Canterbury Tales”; Robb’s latest, “A Conspiracy of Wolves,” features Chaucer as a character assisting medieval sleuth Owen Archer. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for January 2020 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z The Wife of Bath in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Gap-toothed and gossipy, the Wife of Bath travels to Canterbury with Chaucer's rabble of pilgrims. Jennie Rooney's top 10 women travellers in fiction 2010-06-23T12:23:00Z Inspired by his time in Britain, he also hopes to tackle Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales”. Homer's Odyssey gets modern art treatment at London exhibition 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z A Gutenberg Bible from the 1450s and an illuminated manuscript of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales are among the library’s gems. The 16 Best Small-Town Museums in the U.S. 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Its collection includes Thomas Gainsborough’s “Blue Boy,” a 1455 copy of the Gutenberg Bible, a rare manuscript of Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” and a signed letter from Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant. Pasadena’s art, gardens and history make a good L.A. side trip 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Everything from Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” to Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” have been challenged or have suffered at the hands of uptight editors. Critic?s Notebook: Light Out, Huck, They Still Want to Sivilize You 2011-01-06T23:26:12Z More than 600 years ago poet Geoffrey Chaucer died without completing his greatest masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales. Original Chaucer manuscript online 2014-04-25T12:38:48Z Number of stories in Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales.” Literary treasures from Corpus Christi College at Oxford arrive in Washington 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z For instance, Egan learns that “Canterbury Tales” is not sold at Canterbury Cathedral; the book is too bawdy. Timothy Egan Makes Room for the Holy Spirit 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka The novel has an epigraph from the Canterbury Tales and presents a collection of stories told by modern travellers to the city of Thomas à Becket. Ten of the best trips to Canterbury 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z The first, from Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, was written around 1400 as entertainment and likely reflected popular beliefs about the long- dead Mongol ruler. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z It seemed enough, perhaps, to make readers of Geoffrey Chaucer and his description of showery April in the Canterbury Tales, produce their own shower of tears. Few April showers seen Friday 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z After the Civil War, the anti-vice crusader Anthony Comstock won support for laws restricting material that he considered obscene - from anatomy textbooks to “The Canterbury Tales.” Illinois seeks library pledge against ‘banning’ books 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z It doesn’t matter if you’ve ever read Geoffrey Chaucer’s medieval classic “The Canterbury Tales.” Review | 600 years later, this ‘nasty woman’ is still stirring up trouble 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z In Istanbul she speaks on the topic of Patient Griselda, the female Job in Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.” Page-to-Screen: 'Three Thousand Years of Longing' Byatt minus the feminism (and genie sex) 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z “I always viewed the diaries like ‘The Canterbury Tales,’” Rossi said. Andy Warhol gets another 15 minutes in documentary about his later years 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories told by a group of pilgrims during their journey from London to Canterbury Cathedral. Zadie Smith: My first play was an accidental adventure 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z The garrulous travelers in his “Canterbury Tales” represented religious pilgrims traversing Europe; seeking blessings, relics and miracles; and even hoping to secure a seat in heaven to come. Savoring the sweet peach of memory — and the forbidden fruit of travel 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Fans of “The Canterbury Tales” don’t need any further enticements. Review | 600 years later, this ‘nasty woman’ is still stirring up trouble 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z However, the "adoption of fashionable garments by the clergy" was so common it was satirised by Geoffrey Chaucer in the Canterbury Tales, said Dr Mitchell. Medieval pointy-toed shoes led to Cambridge bunion surge 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z That was perhaps enough to raise the nostalgia quotient among those who remember from school days how Geoffrey Chaucer opened “The Canterbury Tales.” It’s an April of showers now, with rain here for a fourth straight day 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z Canterbury Tales Tree, for example, lists a GD of 1387, the year Geoffrey Chaucer began writing his tales. Rediscovered friends find trees, new strength amid pandemic 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z His point: “These kids don’t want to read ‘The Canterbury Tales!’ 51 Days on a Ventilator: How ‘Miracle Larry’ Survived 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z He appeared in Martin Scorsese’s 1978 film “The Last Waltz,” about the final concert of the rock group The Band, coming onstage to recite a portion of Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” in Middle English. Michael McClure, poet who helped define Beat generation, dies at 87 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z She also appeared in a number of television shows in the late 1960s, including "Canterbury Tales," "Special Branch" and "Two Gentleman Sharing." Hilary Heath, horror film actress and producer, dead at 74 from coronavirus complications 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z Examples of the singular "they" being used to describe someone features as early as 1386 in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and also in famous literary works like Shakespeare's Hamlet in 1599. A brief history of gender neutral pronouns 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z The rooster is also a prominent character in Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.” Amid hurricane concerns, Coastal Carolina heads to Kansas 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Translated into modern English, “The Canterbury Tales” begin with “When in April the sweet showers fall . . .” Nearly 2 weeks into the month, and not many April showers 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z On one of our weekly visits, I saw a really cute Winnie the Pooh stuffed bear that caught my eye along with “The Canterbury Tales.” ‘It Was a Symbol of Lost New York’: Readers Remember Their Favorite New York City Spots 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z The house sparrow’s friendly behavior is legendary, with references cropping up in the Bible, early Chinese poetry, and Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. How the house sparrow made its home with humans 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Razumov's grandfather was commissioned by Joseph Stalin to illustrate the Canterbury Tales during World War Two to improve relations with the British. Russian artists on culture, identity and censorship 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Like Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, this medieval treasure speaks eloquently to the modern world because it is a true picture of life in all its joy and sorrow. The Bayeux Tapestry – historic, yes, but is it any good? 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z To complement the Shakespeare, there is a 1587 edition of Holinshed’s Chronicles, which is widely believed to have provided inspiration for Shakespeare’s history plays, and a 1561 edition of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Historic Irish library could make more than £1.8m at auction 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z In this, the album has more in common with the first great work of British culture, Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, than it does with much of American psychedelia. Sgt Pepper at 50: How the Beatles masterpiece could unite Brexit Britain 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Josh Bell, a poetry workshops teacher at the school, told the newspaper that Mr. Shaw used Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” as an “intellectual overlay” to tell stories “critical of American society and racial politics.” Harvard history: Obasi Shaw first student to ace senior thesis with rap album 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z When Geoffrey Chaucer wrote of the “young girls of the diocese” in the prologue to the Canterbury Tales in the late 1300s, he wasn’t just talking about young women. 10 words that don't mean what they used to: when meerkats were monkeys and bimbos were boys 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z “Under this standard, titles as varied, valuable, and time-honored as Anne Frank’s ‘The Diary of a Young Girl,’ Geoffrey Chaucer’s ‘The Canterbury Tales,’ and most works by William Shakespeare could be flagged,” the letter said. In Virginia classrooms, should parents block sexually explicit literature for their kids? 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z The duo’s tongue-in-cheek adaptation calls to mind Pasolini’s slapstick reimagination of Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales,” but with a more surrealist bent. Four Absurdist Filmmakers — and Friends — on One Screen 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Canterbury Tales is also a series of stories told in a wide range of styles, from a courtly romance to a bawdy yarn. Sgt Pepper at 50: How the Beatles masterpiece could unite Brexit Britain 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Duncan, known for her TV turn in “The Hogan Family,” previous was on Broadway in “Chicago,” ”Canterbury Tales” and “The Boyfriend.” Sandy Duncan, an ex-Peter Pan, to join Pan show on Broadway 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z As a storytelling tradition, it stretches back beyond “The Canterbury Tales,” and runs through “Pulp Fiction.” Review: The fetish fables of ‘The Little Death’ score 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Geoffrey Chaucer wrote in The Canterbury Tales that “on a Friday fell all this mischance.” Here are 13 Things to Know About Friday the 13th 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z The son of an Army officer, Mr. Pietsch grew up in Norfolk, Va. He attended Harvard, where he concentrated in English and wrote his senior thesis on Chaucer’s 14th-century work “The Canterbury Tales.” Hachette Chief Leads Book Publishers in Amazon Fight 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Chaucer’s inclusion of all aspects of medieval British society transformed Canterbury Tales from a miscellaneous collection into a portrait of England. Sgt Pepper at 50: How the Beatles masterpiece could unite Brexit Britain 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Going even further back, they were the doctor, lawyer and clerk in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, he says. The evolution of the middle class 2014-01-16T03:04:47Z A character in the “Canterbury Tales,” for instance, decides to go back to bed after her “firste sleep.” Opinion: Rethinking Sleep 2012-09-22T21:05:04Z The doctor’s contribution to the “Canterbury Tales,” too, is of a serious, sober kind, in keeping with his character; and concludes with some sound moral advice. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z They used to make us read the Canterbury Tales at school. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z Like the songs on Sgt Pepper, the stories in Canterbury Tales have more impact together than they do apart. Sgt Pepper at 50: How the Beatles masterpiece could unite Brexit Britain 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The current form of English heroic verse appears to be the invention of Chaucer, who used it in his Legend of Good Women and afterwards, with still greater freedom, in the Canterbury Tales. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z But how small a proportion of the bulk of the “Canterbury Tales” is contained in these glimpses of English life and manners. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z I turn to the prologue of the "Canterbury Tales;" it is not about spring, it is spring, and I am among those who long to go upon a pilgrimage. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Readers of Chaucer will remember how comfortably, and even luxuriously, he represents his monk in the Canterbury Tales as being dressed. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z Chaucer in like manner says of the carpenter's wife, "Canterbury Tales," v. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z Chaucer alludes to this usage when in his “Canterbury Tales” he says of the wife of Bath— “She was a worthy woman all her live, Husbands at the church dore had she five.” Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z Chaucer followed Petrarch’s version in the Canterbury Tales. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z When he turns to the parson of "The Canterbury Tales" he finds the refreshment that comes from contact with a perfectly wholesome nature. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Readers of Chaucer will remember how comfortably, and even luxuriously, the monk of his "Canterbury Tales" is dressed. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z Was the author possibly of the ploughman's kindred, like Chaucer's parish priest in The Canterbury Tales? Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Not a few of the Canterbury Tales are taken directly from fabliaux; indeed, Chaucer, with the possible exception of Prior, is our nearest approach to a fabliau-writer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Even when Chaucer makes himself one of the protagonists, as in the Hous of Fame and the Canterbury Tales, it is only that his narrative may be the more convincing. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z This point of strategy the parson, guileless as he was, understood and so managed to get in the last word, so that "The Canterbury Tales" end with the Canterbury sermon. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z The Legend was written just before the Canterbury Tales; that is to say, after what has been called the Italian period. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z We have reason to believe that he was still working at the “Canterbury Tales,” and receiving such stray crumbs from great men’s tables as remained the main reward of literature until modern times. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z Author of numerous lesser poems, but The Canterbury Tales is his greatest work. A Brief Handbook of English Authors 2011-08-15T02:00:26.603Z The kind of fatalism that Chaucer’s characters, as a rule, represent is well illustrated in the story of Palamon and Arcite, told by the Knight in the Canterbury Tales. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z It now lies in a glass case in the library, side by side with the beautiful "Canterbury Tales." Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z He was under no compulsion to do hack work; he wrote those things because he was fond of study and teaching, like the Clerk of Oxford in the Canterbury Tales. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z But behind and beneath Chaucer the poet was Chaucer the man, whose last cry is recorded at the end of the “Canterbury Tales.” Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z Sister to H. L. Author of two of the Canterbury Tales, of several novels, and of the comedy The Chapter of Accidents. A Brief Handbook of English Authors 2011-08-15T02:00:26.603Z Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" were related by a party of pilgrims who were making this journey, presumably near the close of the fourteenth century. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z Here, again, is the recipe for mortrews, a dish mentioned in Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.” Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z In the Canterbury Tales he gives us a certain number of actually immoral women, such as Alisoun and May, but he paints no second picture of pretty helpless coquettishness. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z In this, as in other cases, Chaucer simply worked one of his earlier poems into the framework of the “Canterbury Tales.” Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z Along the way he began writing a rap version of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. On View: Paying Homage to Darwin in an Unconventional Format: Rap 2011-06-27T19:50:17Z It may also be observed that Chaucer's immortal work, "The Canterbury Tales," depends for its connecting thread upon the once general custom of making pilgrimages to the tomb of Becket. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z Harriet Lee, the celebrated writer of the "Canterbury Tales," was the youngest sister of Sophia Lee, the author of The Recess, and of many popular dramas and novels. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z The student of the Canterbury Tales is often reminded of the worth of another great English humorist. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z Together with Jean Baptiste Michel, he charted the course of irregular verbs from the 9th century Beowulf, to the 13 century Canterbury Tales, to 21st century Harry Potter. The Renaissance Man: How to Become a Scientist Over and Over Again 2011-06-08T13:15:10.513Z Mr. Brinkman took “The Rap Canterbury Tales” to the Edinburgh festival, where it sold out in 2004, which led to “a whole lot of gigs” and a book, he said. On View: Paying Homage to Darwin in an Unconventional Format: Rap 2011-06-27T19:50:17Z Already a practised bibliosopher proclaims, alluding to the edition by Tyrwhit of Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales,” “And who reads any other portion of the poet?” Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Soon after, Harriet Lee published the first five volumes of her Canterbury Tales. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z Like Shakespeare, he rarely troubles to invent a plot for himself, and Professor Skeat’s table shows but one of all the Canterbury Tales for which no original has yet been found. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z No reader of the Canterbury Tales can doubt that Chaucer was keenly alive to the state of all the grades of society. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z I know a socialist who maintains that Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" give a picture of true democracy. The Terror A Mystery 2011-03-22T02:00:24.957Z Yet the “Canterbury Tales” are but the smallest portion of Chaucer’s works! Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z In the love of good living, here acknowledged, we may see the origin of that goodly bulk upon which Harry Bailley, in the 'Canterbury Tales,' banters the poet. Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z In the Canterbury Tales he shows greater certainty in the delineation of character, greater readiness to trust to his readers’ discrimination. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z He probably began work with a fine edition of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, but his first dated book is an ugly little edition of the Doctrinale of Alexander Gallus, issued in November, 1492. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z One has only to read the opening lines of the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales to perceive this. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z Sir Harris Nicolas has produced an excellent edition of the poet; but the best text of the “Canterbury Tales” has been published by Mr. Thos. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The subject of his first course of lectures was Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z In the Canterbury Tales Chaucer’s method of character delineation is more concise. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z Original, too, of necessity, were the illustrations to the Canterbury Tales, for which no foreign models could have been found. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z Chaucer, the first great English poet, was, like all writers of supreme genius, a prolific and voluminous writer, and we have thousands of verses of his besides the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z The “Canterbury Tales” of Chaucer were the effusions of his advanced age, and the congenial verses of Dryden were thrown out in the luxuriance of his later days. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z It is therefore in the latest and most original of the Canterbury Tales that his art is most admirable, most distinguished by technical excellences. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Scattered references to astronomy, medicine, chemistry, and even astrology, are to be found throughout the Canterbury Tales. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z Chaucer, who wrote the "Canterbury Tales" towards the end of Richard's reign, describes in the most graphic manner the apparel of his contemporaries. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z How widely these pilgrims varied in station and occupation can be gathered from Chaucer’s inimitable “Canterbury Tales.” Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z But who can read this poet for any length, even the “Canterbury Tales” in the elaborated text of Tyrwhit, without being reminded of its fallacy? Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The company is giving away “College Kick-Start Kits” to students who download NOOKstudy in the fall semester, with ramen noodle recipes and a dozen classic e-books like “The Canterbury Tales” and “The Scarlet Letter.” In a Digital Age, Students Still Cling to Paper Textbooks 2010-10-20T02:33:00Z The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales shows clearly enough how trifles may reflect personality. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z Caxton's productions consist of works dealing with subjects of wider interest, even if less learned and improving—romances, chess, good manners, �sop's Fables, the Canterbury Tales, and the Adventures of Reynard the Fox. The Story of Books In truth, common renown forgets all the rest; and it is by the Canterbury Tales only that he can properly be said to be known to his countrymen. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 In England they found an illustrious copyist in Chaucer, whose Canterbury Tales are perfect Fabliaux, informed by greater art and more poetical spirit than were possessed by their original authors. A Short History of French Literature Its contents consisted mainly of poetical narratives founded upon certain stories of the 'Decameron,' and of the modernization of some of the 'Canterbury Tales.' Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 This poem is included among the MSS. of the Canterbury Tales. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z It is instructive to turn to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and study the costumes of some of the characters as they are interpreted by Strutt. Women of England This is one of the prettiest pieces of verse in the Canterbury Tales. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition This refers to Chaucer and to his Squieres Tale in the Canterbury Tales. Minor Poems by Milton Witness the Lamentation of Mary Magdalene in the works of Chaucer, and the beautiful legend of Hew of Lincoln, which he has inserted in his Canterbury Tales; witness also the hymns of Ben Jonson. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century It would need a keen eye to discern in these the dawn of a new era, without the light thrown upon them by Troilus and Criseyde and the Canterbury Tales. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z Canterbury Tales have always been Chaucer’s most popular work, and, including fragments, upwards of sixty 15th-century manuscripts of it still survive. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" But whatever Chaucer might copy from the Italians, yet the artful and entertaining plan of his Canterbury Tales was purely original and his own. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Chaucer is another prime favourite of his, and he has been at the pains to modernize some of the Canterbury Tales. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature The word also appears in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, in Piers Plowman, Beaumont and Fletcher and also in Shakespeare. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia The 'Ballad of Otterburn,' again, is founded on an incident of border war which took place in 1388 when Chaucer had just begun work on the Canterbury Tales, and this also belongs to fourteenth-century tradition. Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse Chaucer luxuriates, in his opening lines of the ‘Canterbury Tales,’ on the blessings and virtues of “April shoures.” Old Roads and New Roads We have only to call to mind the Prologue to 'The Canterbury Tales.' Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer The presence of the Tale of Gamelyn in several MSS. of the Canterbury Tales accounted for its erroneous ascription to Chaucer. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare It was in this weird old city that Chaucer located many of his Canterbury Tales, that give such an insight into the customs of his time. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel We wrangle—that is, those of us who are not content simply not to know—about the composition of Homer, the purpose of the Divina Commedia, the probable plan of the Canterbury Tales, the Ur-Hamlet. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Though very gorgeous in coloring, and often literally overflowing with rich fancy, these first poems are rather wanting in the human interest of the "Canterbury Tales." Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Chaucer, at Woodstock with the nightingales, At sixty wrote the Canterbury Tales; Goethe at Weimar, toiling to the last, Completed Faust when eighty years were past.” Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden Five of the remaining stories are taken from the "Tales of a Wayside Inn"—a series of poems whose plan was evidently suggested by the Canterbury Tales. The Children's Longfellow Told in Prose "The Life of Chaucer, and the Introductory Discourse to the Canterbury Tales, are taken from the valuable edition of his original works published by Mr Tyrwhitt." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 The stories in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, or Burns's Tam O'Shanter, may serve as examples. Lady of the Lake Of the "Canterbury Tales," that vast storehouse of humor, of pathos, of fancy, and of strong, manly common sense, we have no place to speak here. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History This sentiment and spirit operated twice, as we have elsewhere noted, within three months in 1896 in the case of two incomplete copies of the first edition by Caxton of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time What that society was like is best seen in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII Chaucer's `Canterbury Tales' were told by such pilgrims. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia This we all know was the origin of the immortal Canterbury Tales of our great fourteenth-century poet, Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems Chaucer, in the prologue to the "Canterbury Tales," betrays his personal feeling for his characters continually, and so is subjective. The Writing of the Short Story Of the existence of similar houses at an early period in England, we have evidence in Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.” Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter Benjamin Franklin sat down on a stool in the light, and took up an odd volume of the Canterbury Tales. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin In one way or other they tear asunder the structure and transform it backwards in a collection, allowing it hardly as much unity as may be found in the Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary The two most famous works that came from his press were the first printed editions of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Malory's Morte d'Arthur. Printing and the Renaissance A paper read before the Fortnightly Club of Rochester, New York In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, mention is made of "corny ale." The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Only Chaucer, and he only in the Canterbury Tales, can be thought of as a true modern before Montaigne; and Chaucer is there too English to be significant for all Europe. Montaigne and Shakspere The only thing that matters in school work is interest, and I know from experience that the child is interested in Comic Cuts but not in the Canterbury Tales. A Dominie in Doubt The whole is crowned with a medallion portrait of the author of "The Canterbury Tales." Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See Boccaccio also lent his aid in the revival of literature, and wrote a series of witty, though objectionable stories, from which the English Chaucer borrowed the notion of his "Canterbury Tales." A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges The following drama," he writes, "is taken entirely from the 'German's Tale, Kruitzner,' published ... in Lee's Canterbury Tales.... The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry The members of the Percy Society have just received the third and concluding volume of The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, a new Text, with Illustrative Notes, edited by Thomas Wright, Esq. Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. But though the stately stories of these royal progresses to the tomb of the martyred archbishop strike the imagination vividly, yet the picture presented by Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” is in reality much more impressive. The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See Chaucer indeed is a mine of material suitable for the novel, but the father of English literature elected to write in verse, and his Canterbury Tales have no appreciable influence upon the later prose story. John Lyly English Period.—Chaucer a member of Parliament—Clerk of the king's works—"Canterbury Tales"—The meeting at the "Tabard"—Gift of observation—Real life, details—Difference with Froissart—Humour, sympathy—Part allotted to "lowe men." A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Such machinery with its prologues and end-links, more or less elaborate, has been often used, as is seen in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" and in Longfellow's "Tales of a Wayside Inn." The Short-story I am extremely fond of the 'Canterbury Tales.' The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 ‘The Earthly Paradise’ consists of twenty-four tales in verse, set in a framework much like that of Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales.’ A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales were the composition of his latest years: they were begun in his fifty-fourth year, and finished in his sixty-first. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 His great literary occupation, during that time, was the composition of his famous "Canterbury Tales." A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance When the average reader turns to the "Canterbury Tales," which are still as amusing as Dickens yet as mediæval as Durham Cathedral, what is the very first question to be asked? A Short History of England The earliest examples of his press appear to be a fragment of a Donatus in the Bodleian and the Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 Chaucer’s Works.—Chaucer’s greatest work is the Canterbury Tales. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 The Canterbury Tales are contes, most of them, if not all; and so are some of the Tales of a Wayside Inn. Ten Tales They dream the same dreams on a May morning; they erect new Houses of Fame; they add a story to the "Canterbury Tales." A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Why, for instance, are they called Canterbury Tales; and what were the pilgrims doing on the road to Canterbury? A Short History of England I find, on recollection, however, that Miss Lee, in one of her Canterbury Tales, has made the love of her plot hinge on a very similar incident. Recollections of Europe The finest part of the Canterbury Tales is the Prologue; the noblest story is probably the Knightes Tale. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 Thus Chaucer speaks about a character in the Canterbury Tales, "Of paramours ne fraught he not a kers." Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure This can be seen in a sort of picture in the Prologue of the Canterbury Tales; which is already pregnant with the promise of the English novel. The Victorian Age in Literature This kind of argument assumes that the authorship of the work we start from is undisputed; which is practically the case with the Ethics and The Canterbury Tales. Logic Deductive and Inductive In the "Prologue to the Canterbury Tales"—by far the ripest thing he has done—he seems to be writing the easiest, most idiomatic prose, but it is poetry all the while. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country As a matter of fact, it is less formidable; or, if this be denied, everyone Pg 22will admit that twenty pages of the "Canterbury Tales" are less formidable than twenty pages of the "Faërie Queene." Adventures in Criticism The publication of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," the first great English poem. The Leading Facts of English History Indeed all the copies of it that have been preserved occur in the manuscripts of the "Canterbury Tales" under the title "The Coke's Tale of Gamelyn." Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy Compare the Warble for Lilac-Time with the first lines of Chaucer's Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists Instead of the "Romance of the Rose," we have the "Canterbury Tales" and the first great English poet. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country At a first glance a page of the "Canterbury Tales" appears more formidable than a page of the "Faërie Queene." Adventures in Criticism It was followed by Wycliffe's translation of the Bible into English from the Latin version, and by Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," the first great English poem. The Leading Facts of English History The same donor gave them their “Piers Plowman” and their famous manuscript of the “Canterbury Tales.” Anglo-Saxon Literature Nothing brings more vividly home to us the social chasm which in the fourteenth century severed the rich from the poor than the contrast between his "Complaint of Piers the Ploughman" and the "Canterbury Tales." History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 The Prologue to the "Canterbury Tales," in which we make the acquaintance of the pilgrims, is the ripest, most genial and humourous, altogether the most masterly thing which Chaucer has left us. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country He was a prolific writer, but his "Canterbury Tales" is by far the best known of his works. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader The Nun's Priest's Tale in the Canterbury Tales was an original treatment of the Roman de Renart, of Marie of France, a French poet of the twelfth century. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson You were not dissuaded from reading "Troilus;" you were not forbidden to read all the Canterbury Tales, even the naughtiest; but the works that I have mentioned have been 'prescribed' for you. On The Art of Reading No poetry was over more human than Chaucer's, none ever came more frankly and genially home to men than his "Canterbury Tales." History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 In the "Canterbury Tales" the fourteenth century murmurs, as the sea murmurs in the pink-mouthed shells upon our mantelpieces. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country The following complete portraits of two of the characters in Chaucer's matchless picture of the Canterbury Pilgrims are taken from the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. English Satires It is supposed that the plan of the Decameron suggested the similar but far superior plan of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson The "Iliad," the stories of King Arthur, the "Canterbury Tales," and "Gulliver's Travels" and "Robinson Crusoe," were written for men and women. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories It is life in its largeness, its variety, its complexity, which surrounds us in the "Canterbury Tales." History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 The "Flower and the Leaf" is a beautiful-tinted dream; the "Canterbury Tales" are as real as anything in Shakspeare or Burns. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Skeat believes that Chatterton had read very little of Chaucer, probably only a small portion of the Prologue to the "Canterbury Tales." A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century Chaucer's chief work is the "Canterbury Tales," a series of stories told by pilgrims traveling in company to Canterbury. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson Here we also give three splendid stories from Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," which were supposedly told to one another by a party of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories "Yes, I'm a poet," I ventured, "and I'd like to get Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to read again." Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative For the benefit of younger readers, I subjoin short prose versions of two of the "Canterbury Tales,"—a story-book than which the world does not possess a better. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Prior and Pope, who seem to have been attracted chiefly to the looser among the "Canterbury Tales," made each a not very successful experiment at burlesque imitation of Chaucerian language. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century The "Canterbury Tales" are so familiar that an extended notice of them here would be superfluous, especially as we are dealing with narratives in prose form. A History of English Prose Fiction The ploughman, in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, is full upon this point. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 As I sat across the table from him, at mealtimes, and looked into his amused, small twinkling eyes, I thought continually of the Miller in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.... Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Of Sackville and his portion of the Mirror for Magistrates, Craik says they "must be considered as forming the connecting link between the Canterbury Tales and the Fairy Queen." English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction What is, then, the characteristic quality or note of the Decameron and the Canterbury Tales? The Unity of Civilization Why those old Canterbury Tales' characters never did live, Chaucer just made them up. The Belles of Canterbury A Chaucer Tale Out of School It stands as the first of The Canterbury Tales. The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Truly original and national as was the framework of the 'Canterbury Tales,' we can hardly doubt but that Chaucer was determined in the form adopted for his poem by the example of Boccaccio. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series A few words must suffice to suggest to the student what may be learned, as to the condition of society in England, from the Canterbury Tales. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction The example which we shall find most representative is that which is to us English people the most familiar, that is the 'Prologue' to the Canterbury Tales. The Unity of Civilization His name was Chaucer, and he achieved immortality by his "Canterbury Tales." From John O'Groats to Land's End Shakespeare, great as his genius was, would not have been able to write a single one of the Canterbury Tales. The Poetry Of Robert Browning These are the Italian equivalents of the Canterbury Tales, and in several cases both writers have used the same themes. The Book of the Epic Thus it was a century after Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales that printing was introduced into England. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction To find its like in poetry one must go back to Chaucer's picture of the "poor parson" in the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. Selections from Five English Poets But the glory of C. is, of course, the Canterbury Tales, a work which places him in the front rank of the narrative poets of the world. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature In such collections as those just mentioned of the first century B.C., the central figures were different in the different stories, as is the case, for instance, in the Canterbury Tales. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature The best known to English readers occurs in the Parson's Tale in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and is taken from the Somme de Vices et de Vertus of Frère Lorens, a thirteenth-century author. Medieval People Among the earlier works printed by Caxton were the Canterbury Tales, the Book of Fame, and the Troilus and Creseide of Chaucer. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Wife of Bath, one of the pilgrims in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales." The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge He had in 1373 begun his Canterbury Tales, on which he was occupied at intervals for the rest of his life. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Mr. Ogle published a complete edition of that old poet's Canterbury Tales Modernized; and Mr. Boyse's name is put to such Tales as were done by him. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. Chaucer's description of the Prioress in the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. Medieval People The Divina Commedia was written half a century before the Canterbury Tales. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Eglantine, Madame, the prioress in the "Canterbury Tales" of Chaucer. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge At the time when Chaucer wrote his Canterbury Tales the city was surrounded by a strong wall with twenty-one towers and six gates. What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association Take away the dramatic faculty from Chaucer, and the Canterbury Tales become indeed, what they have been most untruly called, mere versions of French or Italian Fables. The Saint's Tragedy The beauty and richness of Spenser is based directly on words he got from Troilus and Cressida and the Canterbury Tales. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge But if we wish to find the most striking religious history of the age, we must seek it in the portraitures of religious characters and events in his Canterbury Tales. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Canterbury Tales, a body of tales by Chaucer, conceived of as related by a small company of pilgrims from London to the shrine of Thomas à Becket at Canterbury. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge "If all that kind of satire wherein character is skilfully delineated, must no longer be esteemed as genuine poetry," then what becomes of the author of The Canterbury Tales? English Men of Letters: Crabbe Chaucer is another prime favourite of his, and he has been at the pains to modernise some of the Canterbury Tales. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits All of the Canterbury Tales have originals or analogues, most of which have been reproduced by the London Chaucer Society. An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry The scope of this work does not permit an examination of Chaucer's writings in detail, but the position we have taken will be best illustrated by his greatest work, the Canterbury Tales. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Among the books he printed was Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Introductory American History Moreover Crabbe, who had a wide and even intimate knowledge of English, poetry, was well acquainted with the Canterbury Tales, and he bethought him that he would devise a framework. English Men of Letters: Crabbe It was not till 1709 that his first published verses, the Pastorals, a fragment translated from Homer, and a modernized version of one of the Canterbury Tales, appeared in Tonson's Miscellany. The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems It is this infused vitality which will constitute the charm of the Canterbury Tales for all generations of English speaking and English reading people. An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry The Canterbury Tales were begun in 1386, when Chaucer was fifty-eight years old, and in a period of comparative quiet, after the minority of Richard II. was over, and before his troubles had begun. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction The earliest masterpieces of Greek and English literature are the "Iliad," the "Canterbury Tales," and the "Faerie Queene." The Nation in a Nutshell Chaucer's great poem, the Canterbury Tales, is the latest and most remarkable of his works. Outline of Universal History All his tackle is exquisitely kept, as well kept as the yeoman's arrows and bow in the Canterbury Tales. The Naturalist on the Thames An allusion to Chaucer, who left the `Squire's Tale' in the `Canterbury Tales' unfinished. An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry This he did by modernizing several of the Canterbury Tales, and thus leading English scholars to seek the beauties and instructions of the original. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction CHAUCER; GOWER.—The greatest name of the period and the one which radiates most brilliantly is that of Chaucer in the fourteenth century, author of The Canterbury Tales and a crowd of other works. Initiation into Literature I cannot in the least allow any necessity for Chaucer's poetry, especially the Canterbury Tales, being considered obsolete. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge But the best specimens of English prose of this period are Chaucer's translation of Boethius, his "Testament of Love," and two of his Canterbury Tales. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Thomas Tyrwhitt edited in a scholarly and appreciative manner, the Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry We shall see that in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and in Gower's Vox Clamantis are portrayed the political ferments and theological controversies of the reigns of Edward III. and Richard II. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction His Canterbury Tales are supposed to be told by a company of pilgrims, as they journey from London to the shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury. Early European History In answer, champions of the ubiquitous poet in recent realistic verse may point to the Canterbury Tales, and show us Chaucer ambling along with the other pilgrims. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years The poetical immortality of Chaucer rests on his "Canterbury Tales," a series of stories linked together by an ingenious device. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities He was greatly influenced by French and Italian models; he wrote for the middle and upper classes; his greatest work was The Canterbury Tales. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived The plan was not fulfilled, but such stories as were told form Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Palamon and Arcite In 'The Canterbury Tales' indeed, the plan is almost impossibly ambitious; the more than twenty stories actually finished, with their eighteen thousand lines, are only a fifth part of the intended number. A History of English Literature The tradition of Chaucer, fostered by the Canterbury Tales, is that by carefully hiding his genius, he succeeded in keeping on excellent terms with his contemporaries. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Chaucer has told the greater part of this story beautifully in his "Canterbury Tales;" but he had not the heart to finish it. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 As Lowell says, Chaucer made use in his Canterbury Tales of two things that are everywhere regarded as symbols of human life; namely, the short journey and the inn. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived Indeed, Sir, the best Tales in England are your Canterbury Tales, I assure ye. A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 Aside from Malory's romance, which he put out in 1485, the most important of his publications was an edition of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales.' A History of English Literature It is not certain that Chaucer received from the Decameron his suggestions for the Canterbury Tales, although he was probably in Florence at the same time as Boccaccio. Halleck's New English Literature Only twenty-four were written; some of these are incomplete, and others are taken from his earlier work to fill out the general plan of the Canterbury Tales. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World The poem is, therefore, as the heavy shadow which throws into relief the bright picture of the Canterbury Tales. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived The comedies imputed to him are no other than his Canterbury Tales, and the tragedies were those the monks tell in his Tales. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I. This form had been introduced into English, probably from French, by Chaucer, who used it in many thousand lines of the 'Canterbury Tales.' A History of English Literature General Plan of the Canterbury Tales.—People in general have always been more interested in stories than in any other form of literature. Halleck's New English Literature There he saw daily the shipman of the Canterbury Tales just home in his good ship Maudelayne, with the fascination of unknown lands in his clothes and conversation. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World The title suggests at once the Canterbury Tales of Chaucer; but it would be unwise to make any comparison between the two works or the two poets. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived It is true that most people prefer to read the great masters of poetry in later times; but the "Canterbury Tales" are interesting and instructive to those who study the history of language and literature. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 06 Renaissance and Reformation The best poems for study are: The Prolog to the Canterbury Tales. A History of English Literature Among fully a hundred different volumes that he printed were Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Malory's Morte d'Arthur, and an English translation of Vergil's AEneid. Halleck's New English Literature When they draw lots for the first story the chance falls to the Knight, who tells one of the best of the Canterbury Tales, the chivalric story of "Palamon and Arcite." English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World It is taken entirely from the German’s tale, Kruitzner, published many years before, by one of the Miss Lees, in their Canterbury Tales. The Life of Lord Byron Yet in only two instances in the Canterbury Tales does he relapse into prose. The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1 The great work of the period, however, and the crowning achievement of Chaucer's life, is 'The Canterbury Tales.' A History of English Literature The completeness of the picture of fourteenth century English life in the Canterbury Tales makes them absolutely necessary reading for the historian as well as for the student of literature. Halleck's New English Literature Some of his Canterbury Tales were written earlier than the English period, and were only grouped with the others in his final arrangement. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World Chaucer's Canterbury Tales was the work of the poet's declining years. The Majesty of Calmness; individual problems and posibilities Not less necessary to a sympathetic understanding of the times than the Canterbury Tales, or Milton's Poems, for other periods. England under the Tudors The first was with Miss Harriet Lee, the authoress of several novels and of The Canterbury Tales. Mrs. Shelley Beowulf, the medieval romances, the Canterbury Tales, and the ballads relate stories in verse. Halleck's New English Literature Chaucer's masterpiece, the Canterbury Tales, one of the most famous works in all literature, fills the third or English period of his life. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World Now, the Canterbury Tales had been finished about thirty-five years before Agincourt; so exquisitely false, even in this point, is Pope's account. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 "Let me know if I can do anything," said Helen, politely, opening the volume of Elizabethan lyrics which had succeeded "The Canterbury Tales" as pabulum for the class in English Literature II. Betty Wales, Sophomore Time is not likely to rob Eugene Field of the fame of having written The Canterbury Tales of Childhood. History of American Literature In extreme examples, like The Thousand and One Nights, the Decameron, the Canterbury Tales, the unity is almost wholly nominal, and the work is really a collection, not a whole. The Principles of Aesthetics As a story, "Palamon and Arcite" is, in many respects, the best of the Canterbury Tales, reflecting as it does the ideals of the time in regard to romantic love and knightly duty. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World The immense popularity of the Canterbury Tales is shown by the number of manuscript copies still in existence. The Junior Classics — Volume 4 She picked up "The Canterbury Tales" from the floor where they had fallen, found her place and sat with her finger in the book, anxiously waiting for the train to go on. Betty Wales, Sophomore This setting forth of the characters in the story will remind you a little perhaps of Chaucer in his Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. English Literature for Boys and Girls The easy height he speaks from in his Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, as if he were equal to any of the company there assembled, is as good as any particular excellence in it. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers As the best of the Canterbury Tales are now easily accessible, we omit here all quotations. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World How long Chaucer had been engaged upon the "Canterbury Tales" it is impossible to decide. Chaucer Then she yawned for a while over "The Canterbury Tales," and went to bed early, so as to be in perfect trim for the next day's interview. Betty Wales, Sophomore Dryden translated only a few of the Canterbury Tales, and the one he liked best was the knight's tale of Palamon and Arcite. English Literature for Boys and Girls The "curious" reader will find European and Asiatic versions of this amusing story in "Originals and Analogues of some of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] In the Canterbury Tales he uses lines of ten syllables and five accents each, and the lines run in couplets: His eyen twinkled in his heed aright As doon the sterres in the frosty night. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World Thus at least the germ of a comedy exists in the plan of the "Canterbury Tales." Chaucer Regardless of all the elegant leisure that she had meant to secure by a diligent five-hour attack upon "The Canterbury Tales," Betty had fallen fast asleep. Betty Wales, Sophomore And it is in the Canterbury Tales that we have, for the first time in the English language, pictures of real men, and what is more wonderful, of real women. English Literature for Boys and Girls Lines from the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales come to mind: "Now isn't it a marvel of God's grace/that an illiterate fellow can outpace/the wisdom of a heap of learned men?" The Civilization of Illiteracy The Canterbury Tales, with their story interest and their characters delightfully true to nature, have in them the suggestion, at least, of a connected story whose chief aim is to reflect life as it is. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World But a question of far greater difficulty and moment arises with regard to the other prose piece included among the "Canterbury Tales." Chaucer So Betty waited, dividing her time between "The Canterbury Tales"—she had not money enough to dare to waste any on a magazine—and a woman, who was also waiting for the belated ten-thirty. Betty Wales, Sophomore In the preface to his second edition of the Canterbury Tales he says, "Great thank, laud and honour ought to be given unto the clerks, poets" and others who have written "noble books." English Literature for Boys and Girls In The Canterbury Tales, we see, not Chaucer, but Chaucer's times and neighbours; the artist has lost himself in his work. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems Though Chaucer was his beloved master, his ambition was not to rival the Canterbury Tales, but rather to express the dream of English chivalry, much as Ariosto had done for Italy in Orlando Furioso. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World In the "Canterbury Tales," above all, his attacks upon the Friars run nearly the whole gamut of satire, stopping short perhaps before the note of high moral indignation. Chaucer It is true that most people prefer to read the great masters of poetry, in later times; but the "Canterbury Tales" are interesting and instructive to those who study the history of language and literature. Beacon Lights of History But the Canterbury Tales are the most famous, and I will not trouble you with the names even of the others. English Literature for Boys and Girls As regards the manner in which the text of the two great works, especially of The Canterbury Tales, is presented, the Editor is aware that some whose judgement is weighty will differ from him. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems Chaucer had used the rimed couplet wonderfully well in his Canterbury Tales, but in Chaucer it is the poetical thought more than the expression which delights us. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World It should at the same time be remembered that among the "Canterbury Tales" the two which are of their kind the most effective, constitute tributes to the most distinctively feminine and wifely virtue of fidelity. Chaucer They had indeed been mentioned by Geoffrey Chaucer in one of his Canterbury Tales. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 But when the grown-up time comes, I hope that you will want to read some of his other books as well as the Canterbury Tales. English Literature for Boys and Girls The Canterbury Tales, so far as they are in verse, have been printed without any abridgement or designed change in the sense. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems Chaucer, at Woodstock with the nightingales, At sixty wrote the Canterbury Tales; Goethe at Weimar, toiling to the last, Completed Faust when eighty years were past. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Yet it cannot be by accident that an undefinable air of the old-fashioned clings to that most delightful of all Chaucer's character-sketches, the "Knight" of the "Canterbury Tales." Chaucer Many years ago I discovered there, in a dirty pigeon hole close to the grate in the vestry, a fearfully mutilated copy of Caxton's edition of the Canterbury Tales, with woodcuts. The Enemies of Books As there are so many books now published containing stories from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, I feel it unnecessary to give any here in outline. English Literature for Boys and Girls With all the works of Chaucer, outside The Canterbury Tales, it would have been absolutely impossible to deal within the scope of this volume. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems There can accordingly be no necessity for working out a scheme into which everything that he has left belonging to the "Canterbury Tales" may most easily and appropriately fit. Chaucer As for the actual last words of the "Canterbury Tales"—the so-called "Prayer of Chaucer"—it would be unbearable to have to accept them as genuine. Chaucer There are one or two other points which should not be overlooked in considering the "Canterbury Tales" as a whole. Chaucer The scheme of the "Canterbury Tales," on the other hand, possesses some genuinely dramatic elements. Chaucer The Canterbury Tales are presented in this edition with as near an approach to completeness as regard for the popular character of the volume permitted. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems Notwithstanding first appearances, it is an open question whether Chaucer had ever read Boccaccio's "Decamerone," with which he may merely have had in common the sources of several of his "Canterbury Tales." Chaucer Stranger things than this have happened; but one prefers to believe that the poet of the "Canterbury Tales" remained master of himself to the last. Chaucer In another, which is extremely quaint, he appears on horseback, in commemoration of his ride to Canterbury, and is represented as short of stature, in accordance with the description of himself in the "Canterbury Tales." Chaucer For this poem, like the "Canterbury Tales," introduces into its admirable framework a variety of lifelike sketches of character and manners; it has in it that dramatic element which is so Chaucerian a characteristic. Chaucer In the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, the Monk's head is described as steaming like a lead furnace. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems "Complaint of Chaucer to his Purse." his pension doubled. death. the "Canterbury Tales" left unfinished. Chaucer The "Book of the Duchess" and the "House of Fame," but more especially "Troilus and Cressid" and the connecting passages between some of the "Canterbury Tales," may be referred to in various illustration of this. Chaucer Love-days: see note 21 to the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems Saint Julian was the patron of hospitality; so the Franklin, in the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales is said to be "Saint Julian in his country," for his open house and liberal cheer. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems Pardoners: of whom Chaucer, in the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, has given us no flattering typical portrait 87. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems It is almost needless to describe the plot, or point out the literary place, of the Canterbury Tales. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems |
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