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The Canterbury Tales . .. .. . . . .. . . .. . . .. . - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Canterbury Tales . .. .. . . . .. . . .. . . .. . - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
. .. .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . The Canterbury Tales . .. .. . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . .. . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . Figure: Opening of The
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Figure: Talbot Yard (source: Google)
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Design
Canterbury Tales 30 pilgrims 2 stories outbound 2 stories homebound ———————— x 120 stories total Decameron 10 young nobles 10 stories each ————————- x 100 stories total We have 24 of Chaucer’s tales, two of which are unfinished.
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Genre
▶ Decameron: Novella ▶ Canterbury Tales: Compendium /
estates satire?
Figure: The Three Estates (public domain: source)
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Genre
# Title Genre Frag. 1 The Knight’s Tale Chivalric romance I 2 The Miller’s Tale Fabliau I 3 The Reeve’s Tale Fabliau I 4 The Cook’s Tale Fabliau (incomplete) I 5 The Man of Law’s Tale Christian romance II 6a The Wife of Bath’s Pr. Confession III 6b The Wife of Bath’s Tale Chivalric romance III 7 The Friar’s Tale Exemplum III 8 The Summoner’s Tale Fabliau III 9 The Clerk’s Tale Christian romance IV 10 The Merchant’s Tale Fabliau/courtly romance IV
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Genre
# Title Genre Frag. 11 The Squire’s Tale Chivalric romance (intentionally incomplete) V 12 The Franklin’s Tale Breton lai V 13 The Physician’s Tale Exemplum / Secular sermon VI 14a The Pardoner’s Prologue Confession VI 14b The Pardoner’s Tale Exemplum / sermon VI 15 The Shipman’s Tale Fabliau VII 16 The Prioress’s Tale Miracle of the Virgin VII 17 Sir Thopas Minstrel romance (intentionally incomplete) VII 18 The Tale of Melibee Wisdom literature (prose trans.) VII 19 The Monk’s Tale Boethian tragedy VII 20 The Nun’s Priest’s Tale Beast fable VII
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Genre
# Title Genre Frag. 21a The Second Nun’s Prologue Sermon; prayer; etymology VIII 21b The Secund Nun’s Tale Saint’s life VIII 22a The Canon’s Yeoman’s Prologue Confession VIII 22b The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale ~Occupational satire VIII 23 The Manciple’s Tale Beast fable IX 24 The Parson’s Tale Religious tract (prose) X
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Genre
Beast fable Moralizing tale illustrating human behaviour through animal characters Breton lai Short verse tale dealing with love and/or the supernatural Exemplum A moralizing tale, illustrating how (not) to live
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Fabliau Verse tale ridiculing members of some social class and celebrating trickery Minstrel romance Short, formulaic verse form for oral delivery Romance Verse tale of adventure and/or courtly love
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Manuscripts
Siglum Short Title Date Particulars El Ellesmere 1400x1410 Richly decorated;
- ne scribe,
probably Pinkhurst. Substantial editorial intervention. Hg Hengwrt 1400x1410 Illuminated, not illustrated; main scribe probably Pinkhurst; an ad- ditional hand probably Hoccleve. East Midlands/London dialect. Ha4 Harley 7334
- c. 1410