The Canterbury Tales: Seventeen Tales and the General Prologue: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)

ISBN: 1324000562

Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey

Condition: New

This book has been more helpful to the students-both the better ones and the lesser ones-than any other book I have ever used in any of my classes in my more than a quarter century of university teaching.-RICHARD L. KIRKWOOD, University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireThis Norton Critical Edition includes: The medieval masterpieces most popular tales, including-new to the Third Edition-The Man of Laws Prologue and Tale and The Second Nuns Prologue and Tale. Extensive marginal glosses, explanatory footnotes, a preface, and a guide to Chaucers language by V. A. Kolve and Glending Olson. Sources and analogues arranged by tale. Twelve critical essays, seven of them new to the Third Edition. A Chronology, a Short Glossary, and a Selected Bibliography.About the SeriesRead by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format-annotated text, contexts, and criticism-helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.