Geoffrey Chaucer

The Miller's Prologue and Tale

Herausgeber: Allen, Valerie

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Six-hundred-year-old tales with modern relevance.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge School Chaucer
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 98
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 150g
• ISBN-13: 9781316615492
• ISBN-10: 1316615499
• Artikelnr.: 44961121

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
What are The Canterbury Tales?
Chaucer's language
The Miller's contribution
Text and notes: The portrait of the Miller (from The General Prologue)
The Miller's prologue
The Miller's tale
Comparing The Miller's Tale with The Knight's Tale
Chaucer's pilgrims
Pilgrims and pilgrimages
Geoffrey Chaucer
Town versus gown: Life in Oxford in the fourteenth century
Astronomy and astrology
Religion and its place in everyday society
Discussion questions
Glossary of frequently used words