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The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

Seventeen Tales And The General Prologue : Authoritative Text, Sources And Backgrounds, Criticism

Geoffrey Chaucer

This Norton Critical Edition includes: - The medieval masterpiece's most popular tales, including--new to the Third Edition--The Man of Law's Prologue and Tale and The Second Nun's Prologue and Tale. - Extensive marginal glosses, explanatory footnotes, a preface, and a guide to Chaucer's language by V. A. Kolve and Glending Olson. - Sources and analogues arranged by tale. - Tw...

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Penguin
Year of publication:
2018
ISBN:
978-1-324-00056-3
Pages:
695
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This Norton Critical Edition includes: - The medieval masterpiece's most popular tales, including--new to the Third Edition--The Man of Law's Prologue and Tale and The Second Nun's Prologue and Tale. - Extensive marginal glosses, explanatory footnotes, a preface, and a guide to Chaucer's language by V. A. Kolve and Glending Olson. - Sources and analogues arranged by tale. - Twelve critical essays, seven of them new to the Third Edition. - A Chronology, a Short Glossary, and a Selected Bibliography. About the Series Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format--annotated text, contexts, and criticism--helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.

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