Geoffrey Chaucer

The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 84
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 136g
• ISBN-13: 9781316615485
• ISBN-10: 1316615480
• Artikelnr.: 44960245

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
What are The Canterbury Tales?
Chaucer's language
The Pardoner's contribution
Text and notes: The portrait of the Pardoner (from The General Prologue)
Introduction to the Pardoner's tale
The Pardoner's prologue
The Pardoner's tale
The tale told by the Pardoner
Chaucer's pilgrims
Pilgrims and pilgrimages
Geoffrey Chaucer
Background to the Pardoner's tale
Chaucer's self-examination as a poet
The role of the Church
Themes in the Pardoner's prologue and tale
Glossary of frequently used words