Introduction: Canterbury tales IV-V and literary value -- Clerk -- Merchant -- Squire -- Franklin.

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

The Cambridge Companion to Chaucer is an extensively revised version of the first edition, which has become a classic in the field. This new volume responds to

People in the Middle Ages had chantry chapels, mortuary rolls, the daily observance of the Office of the Dead, and even purgatory—but they were still unable t

Queer theory and postcolonial analysis are brought to bear on Chaucer. Bruger argues that, under the pressure of producing a poetic vision for a new vernacular