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The Canterbury Tales
Contributor(s): Chaucer, Geoffrey (Author)
ISBN: 1719582440     ISBN-13: 9781719582445
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE:   $14.24  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.84 lbs) 258 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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After a long list of works written earlier in his career, including Troilus and Criseyde, House of Fame, and Parliament of Fowls, The Canterbury Tales is near-unanimously seen as Chaucer's magnum opus. He uses the tales and descriptions of its characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society at the time, and particularly of the Church. Chaucer's use of such a wide range of classes and types of people was without precedent in English. Although the characters are fictional, they still offer a variety of insights into customs and practices of the time. Often, such insight leads to a variety of discussions and disagreements among people in the 14th century. For example, although various social classes are represented in these stories and all of the pilgrims are on a spiritual quest, it is apparent that they are more concerned with worldly things than spiritual. Structurally, the collection resembles Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron, which Chaucer may have read during his first diplomatic mission to Italy in 1372.