The Prioresses Tale

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0806120452

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The Prioress's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

Part Twenty Of all Chaucer’s tales in the Canterbury Group, The Prioress’s Tale of the Virgin Mary and the murdered child ranks among the most popular and surely the most admired for its artistry. Nonetheless, it has encountered its fair share of somewhat hostile criticism on purely social and cultural grounds, owing in part to a negative evaluation of the Prioress herself (she is seen by some as a shallow person who does not recognize the harmful implications of her utterances), in part to the anti-Semitic cast of the tale. Beverly Boyd’s tough-minded, crisp approach to the tale enables her to present an overview of the great diversity of scholarship in both the sympathetic and hostile approaches to the work; to examine its strongest ingredients, the liturgical borrowings that form a kind of subtext; and thus to offer a balanced view of one of Chaucer’s most carefully crafted poems. Her examination of the sources and analogues, of Miracles of the Virgin, of considerations of style and structure, along with a full treatment of the textual tradition of the Prioress’s Sequence and an unusually full corpus of explanatory notes, taken together, provide a rich and complete edition of the tale, one that will prove to be of exceptional value for the teacher and the scholar.

Author : Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UBBS:UBBS-00013847

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The Clerkes Tale by Chaucer Pdf

Author : Heather Blurton,Hannah Johnson
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780472130344

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The Critics and the Prioress by Heather Blurton,Hannah Johnson Pdf

Reinvigorating the scholarly debate surrounding approaches to one of Chaucer's most notorious tales

Author : Margaret Frazer
Publisher : Dream Machine Productions
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1997-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780425159446

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The Prioress' Tale by Margaret Frazer Pdf

DARK CORRUPTION AND THE PENITENCE OF DEATH... Under the harsh hand of its newly elected prioress, St. Frideswide's has become a place of deadly sin. The corruption has grown subtly and slowly, but it has found fertile soil in the rage and greed of Domina Alys, who has turned the priory into a boarding house for her relatives, the Godfreys. Dame Frevisse is horrified to discover that the modest stores of the priory - desperately needed if the nuns are to survive the coming winter - are being completely consumed by the rapacious Godfrey clan. But the Godfreys bring with them more immediate terrors: Torture. Madness. Kidnapping. Murder. The sanctuary of the cloister has been violated and even the holy rites of the nuns have been ripped apart. Despite the growing crisis, Frevisse's best efforts to save the nunnery from itself are met with scorn and torment as bitter hatreds and old rivalries turn nun against nun. Suspicion, paranoia, and despair clutch the cloister's heart. If Frevisse cannot unlock the riddles of penitence for her prioress and for herself, then St. Frideswide's may be no more... NOMINATED FOR THE 1998 EDGAR AWARD PRAISE FOR THE PRIORESS' TALE "When this series debuted, its publisher hailed Frazer as the logical successor to Ellis Peters... With a number of strong books already under her belt, Frazer may actually make her publisher's dream come true." - Star Tribune "Often chastised for her disobedience and made to do penance, Sister Frevisse's curious nature still wins out as she uses logic and her intelligence to sleuth with the best of them." - Rendezvous "Frazer is writing one of the most consistently excellent historical series in print today." - Murder Ink "Clearly, the setting is the star here, and Frazer is generous with her details of abbey life." - Publishers Weekly "Margaret Frazer continues her splendid series of medieval mysteries... She has a sure grasp of the realities of medieval life: Its careless cruelty, effortless hypocrisy - particularly in matters of religion - and its disregard for women who could wield influence only in the most indirect ways." - MLB News PRAISE FOR THE SISTER FREVISSE MEDIEVAL MYSTERY SERIES "A smooth and absorbing saga of conspiracy and treachery in 15th-century England..." - Publishers Weekly "Margaret Frazer has quietly claimed her place as one of the preeminent writers of historical crime fiction, delivering the whole package - a good mystery, wonderful characters, and a fascinating period of history... Her novels are a dream to read." - Aunt Agatha's Newsletter "Exciting writing, colorful characters, and historical accuracy." - St. Paul Pioneer Press "The setting brims with historical details... A brilliant study of human nature... Ms. Frazer reveals her genius... Highly recommended." - Historical Novels Review "Mystery... Suspense... Frazer executes with audacity and ingenuity." - Kirkus Reviews A Romantic Times Top Pick. Twice nominated for the Minnesota Book Award. Twice nominated for the Edgar Award.

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
ISBN : NYPL:33433112024983

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The Prioresses Tale, Sire Thopas by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

Author : Frank Grady
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107181007

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The Cambridge Companion to ‘The Canterbury Tales' by Frank Grady Pdf

A lively and accessible introduction to the variety, depth, and wonder of Chaucer's best-known poem.

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1517564476

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The Romaunt of the Rose by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

The Romaunt of the Rose (the Romaunt) is a partial translation into Middle English of the French allegorical poem, le Roman de la Rose (le Roman). Originally believed to be the work of Chaucer, the Romaunt inspired controversy among 19th-century scholars when parts of the text were found to differ in style from Chaucer's other works. Also the text was found to contain three distinct fragments of translation. Together, the fragments--A, B, and C--provide a translation of approximately one-third of Le Roman. There is little doubt that Chaucer did translate Le Roman de la Rose under the title The Romaunt of the Rose: in The Legend of Good Women, the narrator, Chaucer, states as much. The question is whether the surviving text is the same one that Chaucer wrote. The authorship question has been a topic of research and controversy. As such, scholarly discussion of the Romaunt has tended toward linguistic rather than literary analysis. Scholars today generally agree that only fragment A is attributable to Chaucer, although fragment C closely resembles Chaucer's style in language and manner. Fragment C differs mainly in the way that rhymes are constructed. And where fragments A and C adhere to a London dialect of the 1370s, Fragment B contains forms characteristic of a northern dialect.

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781316615478

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The Merchant's Prologue and Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

Six-hundred-year-old tales with modern relevance. This stunning full-colour edition from the bestselling Cambridge School Chaucer series explores the complete text of The Merchant's Prologue and Tale through a wide range of classroom-tested activities and illustrated information, including a map of the Canterbury pilgrimage, a running synopsis of the action, an explanation of unfamiliar words and suggestions for study. Cambridge School Chaucer makes medieval life and language more accessible, helping students appreciate Chaucer's brilliant characters, his wit, sense of irony and love of controversy.

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1835
Category : Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
ISBN : CHI:10530262

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The Pardoner's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Pavilion Records
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995-05-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1899644164

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Nun's Priest's Tale, the Shipman's Tale and the Prioress's Prologue and Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

Author : Patience Agbabi
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781782111566

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Telling Tales by Patience Agbabi Pdf

SHORTLISTED FOR THE TED HUGHES PRIZE 2015 Tabard Inn to Canterb'ry Cathedral, Poet pilgrims competing for free picks, Chaucer Tales, track by track, it's the remix From below-the-belt base to the topnotch; I won't stop all the clocks with a stopwatch when the tales overrun, run offensive, or run clean out of steam, they're authentic and we're keeping it real, reminisce this: Chaucer Tales were an unfinished business. In Telling Tales award-winning poet Patience Agbabi presents an inspired 21st-Century remix of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales retelling all of the stories, from the Miller's Tale to the Wife of Bath's in her own critically acclaimed poetic style. Celebrating Chaucer's Middle-English masterwork for its performance element as well as its poetry and pilgrims, Agbabi's newest collection is utterly unique. Boisterous, funky, foul-mouthed, sublimely lyrical and bursting at the seams, Telling Tales takes one of Britain's most significant works of literature and gives it thrilling new life.

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 181?
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781613102503

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The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

Author : Robert M. Correale
Publisher : DS Brewer
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1843840480

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Sources and Analogues of the Canterbury Tales by Robert M. Correale Pdf

The publication of this volume completes the new edition of the sources and major analogues of all the Canterbury Tales prepared by members of the New Chaucer Society. This collection, the first to appear in over half a century, features such additions as a fresh interpretation of Chaucer's sources for the frame of the work, chapters on the sources of the General Prologue and Retractions, and modern English translations of all foreign language texts, with glosses for the Middle English. Chapters on the individual tales contain an updated survey of the present state of scholarship on their source materials. Several sources and analogues discovered during the past fifty years are found here together for the first time, and some other familiar sources are re-edited from manuscripts closer to Chaucer's copies. Besides the General Prologue and the Retractions, this volume includes chapters on the Miller, Summoner, Merchant, Physician, Shipman, Prioress, Sir Thopas, Canon's Yeoman, Manciple, the Knight and the prologues and tales of the Man of Law and Wife of Bath.Contributors: PETER BEIDLER, KENNETH A. BLEETH, LAUREL BROUGHTON, JOANNE CHARBONNEAU, WILLIAM E. COLEMAN, CAROLYN P. COLLETTE, VINCENT DI MARCO, PETER FIELD, TRAUGOTT LAWLER, ANITA OBERMEIER, ROBERT RAYMO, CHRISTINE RICHARDSON-HEY, JOHN SCATTERGOOD, NIGEL S. THOMPSON, EDWARD WHEATLEY, JOHN WITHRINGTON,

Author : Roger Ellis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000681291

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Patterns of Religious Narrative in the Canterbury Tales by Roger Ellis Pdf

Originally published in 1986. This study asks ‘What problems confront the narrator of a religious story?’ and ‘What different solutions to those problems are offered by the religious narratives of The Canterbury Tales?’ The introduction explains the grounds for inclusion of the tales here studied then examined in three sections. The first includes the tales of the Clerk, Prioress and Second Nun, and Chaucer’s Melibee, and explores the parallels between the production of a religious narrative and that of a faithful translation. The second considers how the tales of the Man of Law, Monk and Physician, though formally similar to those in the first section, subvert the offered parallel by their creation of narrators who actively mediate them to their audience, and who seem as concerned with the projection of their own personalities as with the transmission of the given story. The final section shows how the tales of the Pardoner and Nun’s Priest highlight the dilemma and provide distinctive resolutions. The whole study aims to explore the dynamic relationships that exist between two contrasting positions: an artist’s commitment to the authority of a given story and his need to assert himself over it.

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105047975771

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Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf