ENG 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Geoffrey Chaucer, Heath Ledger, Fine Manners
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Lecture notes: chaucer"s canterbury tales (cid:862)the general prologue,(cid:863) the (cid:862)miller"s tale (cid:894)a(cid:374)d prologue(cid:895),(cid:863) a(cid:374)d the (cid:862)wife of bath"s tale (cid:894)a(cid:374)d prologue(cid:895)(cid:863) These notes cover the information found in the introduction to chaucer, pages 293-6, and the text of the general prologue of the canterbury tales, pages 318-57 (the modern english translation is on the right-hand pages, while the original middle. English is on the left-ha(cid:374)d side, so it"s (cid:374)ot as lo(cid:374)g as it see(cid:373)s(cid:895). Miller"s tale (cid:894)a(cid:374)d prologue(cid:895)(cid:863) and the (cid:862)wife of bath"s tale (cid:894)a(cid:374)d prologue(cid:895)(cid:863) are given in the textbook only in the original middle english. To read a modern english translation, go to external links and click on the link there for canterbury tales. I will be giving you line numbers on the quotations, so they can be found that way. All of this is found in volume 1a of the longman anthology of british literature, 4th ed.
