Canterbury Tales

Marriage in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

Generally speaking, there are four tales in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales which make up the Marriage Group. The Marriage group…

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The Prioress of ‘The Canterbury Tales’

In "The Canterbury Tales," Beauty and looks define some of the characters in the general prologue. The Prioress is classified…

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Chaucer’s Use of “Quyting”: an Analysis of the Comic Tales and Marriage Tales

In the general prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, there is a preemptive warning given to the propriety and sensibility of…

3 months ago

Introduction to Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer has been acclaimed as the "Father of English Literature". His writings (usually the Canterbury Tales) are on required…

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Courtly Love: Literary Representation of Women in the Age of Chivalry

"A knight there was, and that a worthy man, That fro the time that he first bigan To ridden out,…

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Chaucer’s Criticism of the Catholic Church in The Canterbury Tales

When Geoffrey Chaucer sat down to begin writing his famous and widely revered work, The Canterbury Tales, it is unlikely…

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