Recognisedonitsfirstappearanceasthemostcomprehensivesingle-volumeguidetoTheCanterburyTalesyetproduced,thisthirdeditionbringstheTalesuptodateinrelationbothtorecentcriticismandtothechangingexpectationsofmodernreaders.TheGuideprovidetale-by-taleinformationontextualvariationsandsources,togetherwithareadablecommentaryonthematicissues,structure,style,genericaffiliations,andthecontributionofeachtaletotheworkasawhole.Itconcludeswithasurveyofthemanyimitationsofthetalesdowntotheearlyseventeenthcentury.Thisneweditionalsotakesaccountofthelatestscholarship,theory,andcriticismandnewinterpretationsofthetales,includingsuchmattersasgenderidentity,consent,andracialandreligiousdifference.Thebookisthemostcomprehensivesingle-volumeguidetotheTalesyetproduced,bringingtogetherawiderangeofdisparatematerialandprovidingareadablecommentaryonallaspectsofthework.Itcombinesthecomprehensivecoverageofareferencebookwiththeclarityandcoherenceofacriticalaccount.Sinceitsfirstpublicationin1989,theGuidehasestablisheditselfasanindispensableaidforanyreaderlookingtodeveloptheirunderstandingofTheCanterburyTales.
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