01055nam a22001697a 450000500170000000800410001702000210005804000100007908200160008924500210010526000360012630000110016250506500017354600120082365000220083570000280085720260518143222.0260518b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0877546061 (hbk)  cUE-CL  a821.1bG291  aGeoffrey chaucer  aNew York:bChelsea House,c1985  a149 p.  a*Contents*

Introduction . . . Harold bloom
The greatness of chaucer . G. K. Chesterton
The ending of troilus . E. Talbot donaldson
The effect of the “merchant’s tale” . E. Talbot donaldson
Can we trust the wife of bath? . . . . . . David parker
From medieval to renaissance: some
Problems in historical criticism . Alice s. Miskimin
The idea of the canterbury tales . Donald r. Howard
The importance of the literal . Charles a. Owen, jr.
Truth and fiction in the
“nun’s priest’s tale” . Saul nathaniel brody
Literal and symbolic in
The canterbury tales . Stewart justman
Chronology
Contributors
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
  aEnglish  aGeoffrey--Chaucer  aEdited by: Harold Bloom