At the Tabard Inn in Southwark, a jovial group of pilgrims assembles, including an unscrupulous Pardoner, a noble-minded Knight, a ribald Miller, the lusty Wife of Bath, and Chaucer himself. As they set out on their journey towards the shrine of Thomas a Becket in Canterbury, each character agrees to tell a tale. The twenty-four tales that follow are by turns learned, fantastic, pious, melancholy and lewd, and together offer an unrivalled glimpse into the mind and spirit of medieval England.
【作者简介】
Born in London to a wine merchant, Geoffrey Chaucer (c1340-1400) became a royal servant and travelled as a diplomat to France, Spain and Italy. As well as being famed for his translations, his own work includes Troilus and Criseyde, The Book of the Duchess and The Legend of Good Women. Jill Mann has been Professor Medieval & Renaissance English at Cambridge University, and most recently Notre Dame Professor of English. She is the author Feminizing Chaucer (2002), and co-editor (with Piero Boitani) of The Cambridge Companion to Chaucer (2nd edn. 2003).
【目录】
The Canterbury TalesAcknowledgments Editor's Note Chronolgy Introduction Further Reading Chaucer's Language A Note on the Tect Abbreviations of the Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales Fragment I (Group A) The General Prologue The Knight's Tale The Miller's Prologue and Tale The Reeve's Prologue and Tale The Cook's Prologue and Tale Fragment II (Group B) The Man of Law's Prologue, Tale and Epilogue Fragment III (Group D) The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale The Friar's Prologue and Tale The Summoner's Prologue and Tale Fragment IV (Group E) The Clerk's Prologue and Tale The Merchant's Prologue, Tale and Epilogue Fragment V (Group F) The Squire's Prologue and Tale The Squire-Franklin Link, the Franklin's Prologue and Tale Fragment VI (Group C) The Physician's Tale The Physicia-Pardoner Link, The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale Fragment VII (Group B) The Shipman's Tale The Shipman-Prioress Link, The Prioress's Prologue and Tale The Prioress-Sir Thopas Link and Sir Thopas The Thopas-Melibee Link and the Tale of Melibee The Monk's Prologue and Tale The Nun's Priest's Prologue, Tale and Epilogue Fragment VIII (Group G) The Second Nun's Prologue and Tale The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue and Tale Fragment IX (Group H) The Manciple's Prologue and Tale Fragment X (Group I) The Parson's Prologue and Tale Chaucer's Retractions Abbrviated References Notes Glossary
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