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William Witherle Lawrence has written: 'Medieval story' - subject(s) .

William Witherle Lawrence has written: 'Medieval story' - subject(s): Ethics, History and criticism, Medieval Literature. The haunted mere in Beowulf' - subject(s): Beowulf. Chaucer and the Canterbury tales' - subject(s): Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature, History and criticism, Medieval Tales, Storytelling in literature. Shakespeare's problem comedies' - subject(s): Comedies, Criticism and interpretation, History and criticism, Tragicomedies, Tragicomedy. Asked in Authors, Poets, and Playwrights.

Two of the tales, The Knight's Tale and The Second Nun's Tale, were probably written before the compilation of stories wa. .

The Tales were begun after some of Chaucer's other works, such as Legend of Good Women, which fails to mention them in a list of other works by the author. Two of the tales, The Knight's Tale and The Second Nun's Tale, were probably written before the compilation of stories was ever conceived. Both of these tales are mentioned in the Prologue to the aforementioned Legend of Good Women. Other tales, such as the Clerk's and the Man of Law's, are also believed to have been written.

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In the opening of the first poem there is a striking parallel to Dante's inscription on the gate of Hell.

William Witherle Lawrence. Speculum 26 (1):170-171 (1951). Traugott Lawler & Geoffrey Chaucer - 1980 - Archon Books, 1980. William Witherle Lawrence, Magoun, Kemp Malone, Austin P. Evans, Sidney Painter & Joseph R. Strayer - 1955 - Speculum 30 (3):516-517. The One and the Many in the Canterbury Tales. Geoffrey Chaucer, Malcolm Andrew, Charles Moorman, Daniel J. Ransom, Lynne Hunt Levy. Larry Scanlon - 1997 - Speculum 72 (1):127-129. Chaucer's Approach to Gender in the Canterbury Tales.

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims who were travelling from London to Canterbury

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims who were travelling from London to Canterbury. The distance from London to Canterbury is 60 miles, but in those days there were no straight road to go by. Pilgrimages of every kind were extremely common in Chaucer’s time. Such journeys were very valuable as a means by which to break the monotony of life in days when there were no newspapers, no printed books, nor any theatres. Many people looked forward to them as to pleasant holiday excursions

Williams retells Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in an abbreviated, kid-friendly version The Canterbury Tales are something to laugh at rather than with. I enjoy them as an interesting view into culture at the time rather than as stories.

Williams retells Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in an abbreviated, kid-friendly version. The book is comprised of 9 tales, each one told by a member of a band of merry travelers on their way to Canterbury. The idea is that the telling of tales will help to pass the time, and as an added bonus, the storyteller who presents the best tale will win a dinner compliments of the other travelers. The Canterbury Tales are something to laugh at rather than with. Kind of like an old painting that isn't extremely attractive in its own right, but interesting as a piece in the chain of art history.

By William Witherle Lawrence. Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales. By William Witherle Lawrence. Thoughtful readers will, I think, like to know something of the way in which such a foundation must be constructed, and of the difficulties to be surmounted in the process.

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