TY - BOOK AU - Edited by: Harold Bloom TI - Geoffrey chaucer SN - 0877546061 (hbk) U1 - 821.1 PY - 1985/// CY - New York PB - Chelsea House KW - Geoffrey--Chaucer N1 - *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 ER -