This do-it-yourself course for the first-time Chaucer reader is
geared specifically to high school and undergraduate students
because it systematically proceeds through a clear explication of
each tale and makes the tales accessible to those unfamiliar with
Chaucer's work. Reading this book along with Canterbury Tales, tale
by tale, will help the reader to understand and appreciate each
tale, Chaucer's world, and his language. This book differs from
other guides to the tales because it takes the reader along on the
pilgrimage through each tale and assumes no previous experience
with Chaucer's work. Middle English and modern English paraphrases
of passages from the tales are arranged together for the ease of
the novice. Whether the reader is seeking assistance with a single
tale or with the whole work, this companion provides a level of
instruction appropriate for high school and college courses.
In individual essays, Hallissy introduces the literary pilgrim
to Chaucer the writer, his world, and his language. An explicatory
essay is provided for the General Prologue and for each major
tale--the Knight, the Miller, the Reeve, the Man of Law, the Wife
of Bath, the Friar, the Summoner, the Clerk, the Merchant, the
Franklin, the Physician, the Pardoner, the Shipman, the Prioress,
the Nun's Priest, the Second Nun, the Canon's Yeoman, and the
Manciple. Six lesser-read tales are treated in an appendix. The
tales are interpreted in terms of key patterns of medieval thought
that Chaucer shared with his original audience. Hallissy's style is
clear, readable, and jargon-free. Explications are thorough and
consistent, and connections are drawn between the tales. Medieval
visual images illuminate the text amd suggestions for further
reading have been selected specifically for high school and
undergraduate students. This work can be used as a reference volume
for a reader interested in a single tale or for the entire
Canterbury Tales and will be of great value to high school and
college students reading Chaucer's work for the first time, as well
as to high school teachers preparing for classes.
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