A Review on the Modern Translations of The Canterbury Tales: Focusing on the Terms of Astrology

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 49-78
Author(s):  
Dongill Lee
Keyword(s):  
Canterbury Tales ◽  
The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer, The Merchant’s Tale and the Dialectic of Elevation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Fruoco
Keyword(s):  
Geoffrey Chaucer ◽  
Canterbury Tales ◽  
Moyen Âge ◽  
The Canterbury Tales ◽  
Moyen Age

Geoffrey Chaucer pose dans The Canterbury Tales un regard unique sur l’évolution de la poésie anglaise durant le Moyen Âge. L’alternance de genres et de styles poétiques différents lui permet de refléter tout le potentiel de la littérature par le biais d’un réagencement des images, symboles et conventions qui la définissent. Néanmoins, ce qui fait la force de Chaucer dans The Canterbury Tales, est sa capacité à développer un dialogue entre les différents récits constituant l’œuvre, ainsi que sa facilité à renverser nos attentes en extrayant son public d’un roman de chevalerie pour le propulser dans l’univers carnavalesque du fabliau, comme c’est le cas dans The Merchant’s Tale. En jouant avec l’imaginaire de l’arbre et du fruit, Chaucer nous prive dans ce conte de toute élévation et fait de son poirier un arbre inversé.

Desire in the Canterbury Tales

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Scala
Keyword(s):  
Canterbury Tales ◽  
The Canterbury Tales

Bodiam Castle and The Canterbury Tales: Some Intersections

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 302-329
Author(s):  
Matthew Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Canterbury Tales ◽  
The Canterbury Tales

Chaucer and Medieval Estates Satire: The Literature of Social Classes and the 'General Prologue' to the 'Canterbury Tales'

1975 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 387
Author(s):  
S. S. Hussey ◽  
Jill Mann ◽  
Meg Twycross ◽  
Robert Worth Frank
Keyword(s):  
Canterbury Tales ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales Handbook by Elizabeth Scala

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 445-449
Author(s):  
Kim Zarins
Keyword(s):  
Canterbury Tales ◽  
The Canterbury Tales

The Franklin's Tale: Chaucer or the Critics

PMLA ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 454-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gertrude M. White
Keyword(s):  
Explicit Expression ◽  
Canterbury Tales ◽  
Moral Ideal ◽  
The Canterbury Tales ◽  
The Relationship

The Franklin's Tale, which has caused much disagreement among critics of Chaucer, may best be understood in the light of Chaucer's own writings, particularly The Merchant's Tale and three short lyrics, “Truth,” “Gentilesse,” and “Lak of Stedfastnesse.” The relationship between the characters and events of the two Tales dramatizes a moral ideal that operates throughout The Canterbury Tales and is given explicit expression in the lyrics. It may be summed up as “gentilesse,” which consists, in the Knight's words, of “Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisie.” In a variety of contexts, this standard operates throughout Chaucer's writings. An understanding of it puts The Franklin's Tale into clear perspective, identifies its true theme, answers its critics, accounts for its apparent absurdities, inconsistencies, and contradictions, and reveals its suitability to its teller.

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