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This do-it-yourself course for the first-time Chaucer reader is geared specifically to high school and undergraduate students because it systematically proceeds through a clear explication of each tale and makes the tales accessible to those unfamiliar with Chaucer's work. Reading this book along with Canterbury Tales, tale by tale, will help the reader to understand and appreciate each tale, Chaucer's world, and his language. This book differs from other guides to the tales because it takes the reader along on the pilgrimage through each tale and assumes no previous experience with Chaucer's work. Middle English and modern English paraphrases of passages from the tales are arranged together for the ease of the novice. Whether the reader is seeking assistance with a single tale or with the whole work, this companion provides a level of instruction appropriate for high school and college courses.
In individual essays, Hallissy introduces the literary pilgrim to Chaucer the writer, his world, and his language. An explicatory essay is provided for the General Prologue and for each major tale--the Knight, the Miller, the Reeve, the Man of Law, the Wife of Bath, the Friar, the Summoner, the Clerk, the Merchant, the Franklin, the Physician, the Pardoner, the Shipman, the Prioress, the Nun's Priest, the Second Nun, the Canon's Yeoman, and the Manciple. Six lesser-read tales are treated in an appendix. The tales are interpreted in terms of key patterns of medieval thought that Chaucer shared with his original audience. Hallissy's style is clear, readable, and jargon-free. Explications are thorough and consistent, and connections are drawn between the tales. Medieval visual images illuminate the text amd suggestions for further reading have been selected specifically for high school and undergraduate students. This work can be used as a reference volume for a reader interested in a single tale or for the entire Canterbury Tales and will be of great value to high school and college students reading Chaucer's work for the first time, as well as to high school teachers preparing for classes.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
YAThis readable presentation of the often bawdy and lusty tales is designed specifically for first-time readers. It is indeed a companion and makes YAs feel the tremendous sweep of this pilgrimage across England with this motley crew comprised of knights, clergymen and women, scholars, tradespeople, laborers, and peasants. In addition, it provides students with simple interpretations and amplifications and makes their journey through this great unfinished work enjoyable and rewarding. Particularly helpful are the opening sections on Chaucer's world and language. There are essays of explanation as well on each of the major tales. Medieval ways of thought, religion, dress, and behavior are dealt with for the various levels of society and these facets are related to the structure of the pilgrimage. Portions of the text are set forth with translation into contemporary English. The appendixes cover six of the less-revered selections and also discuss the importance of the links between the tales and the unifying force of the character Harry Bailly, who leaves his inn to join the pilgrimage.Frances Reiher, Fairfax County Public Library, VA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Imagining her book as a "do-it-yourself course" on Chaucer, Hallissy (C.W. Post College, Long Island Univ.) writes for the first-time reader unfamiliar with Chaucer's work or with medieval studies. Two introductory chapters, "Chaucer's World" and "Chaucer's Language," are followed by a 35-page prologue--in which each pilgrim is given a page or so of contextualizing commentary--and then by individual chapters on each tale. Each chapter concludes with annotated suggestions for further reading, usually a half-dozen books or articles from the last 30 years of Chaucer scholarship. Hallissy's discussions are guided less by the "first-time reader" than by the reality of the modern reader who is no longer culturally literate in the constellation of terms, motifs, values, and genres that constitute the framework of medieval society and culture. Her method is to define and contextualize the medieval term itself (array, game, fabliau, auctoritee, estat, degree, legenda, senex amans, medicine, reeve, etc.) at the spot of its first relevancy and then provide a point of contact with the "modern" reader by either illuminating both differences and parallels between Chaucer's age and the present (e.g., "All are guilty of medieval versions of white-collar crime: manipulation of finances for personal profit"). Hallissy writes with a simple, jargon-free clarity accessible to high school students as well as college undergraduates. Highly recommended for public, high school, and undergraduate libraries. J. E. Skillen; Gordon College
目录
Preface |
Chaucer's World Chaucer's Language |
The General Prologue |
The Knight's Tale |
The Miller's Tale |
The Reeve's Tale |
The Man of Law's Tale |
The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale |
The Friar's Prologue and Tale |
The Summoner's Prologue and Tale |
The Clerk's Prologue and Tale |
The Merchant's Tale |
The Franklin's Tale |
The Physician's Tale |
The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale |
The Shipman's Tale |
The Prioress' Prologue and Tale |
The Nun's Priest's Prologue and Tale |
The Second Nun's Prologue and Tale |
The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue and Tale |
The Manciple's Prologue and Tale Chaucer's Retraction Appendix I |
The Links Appendix II |
The Cook's Tale and the Squire's Tale Appendix III |
The Tale of Sir Thomas Appendix IV |
The Tale of Melibee Appendix V |
The Monk's Tale Appendix VI |
The Parson's Tale |
Character Index |
General Index |