324 Pages
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Routledge
324 Pages
by
Routledge
324 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1986. This study asks ‘What problems confront the narrator of a religious story?’ and ‘What different solutions to those problems are offered by the religious narratives of The Canterbury Tales ?’ The introduction explains the grounds for inclusion of the tales here studied then examined in three sections. The first includes the tales of the Clerk, Prioress and Second... Read more
Preface 1. Introduction Part 1: The Narrator as Translator 2. The Clerk’s Tale 3. Saint’s Tales: The Prioress’s Tale 4. Saints Tales: The Second Nun’s Tale 5. Chaucer’s Melibee Part 2: Religious Subjects, Literary Interests and the Sense of a Performance 6. The Man of Law’s Tale 7. The Monk’s Tale 8. The Physician’s Tale Part 3: Towards a Conclusion 9. The Pardoner’s Tale 10. The Nun’s Priest’s Tale
Biography
Roger Ellis
