Reprint. Originally published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996. Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-390) and index. Reprint. Originally published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996.
Contents:
A knyght ther was / Michael A. Calabrese -- A yong squier / Peggy Huey -- A yeman had he / John W. Conlee -- Ther was also a nonne, a prioresse / Maureen Hourigan -- Another nonne with hire hadde she / Rebecca Stephens -- And preestes thre / Catherine Cox -- A monk ther was, a fair for the maistrie / John P. Hermann -- A frere ther was, a wantowne and a meryee / Karl T. Hagen -- A merchant was ther with a forked berd / Nancy M. Reale -- A clerk ther was of Oxenford also / Bert Dillon -- A sergeant of the lawe, war and wyse / Joseph Hornsby -- A frankeleyn was in his compaignye / Elizabeth Mauer Sembler -- An haberdasher ... / Laura C. and Robert T. Lambdin -- ... And a carpenter ... / Julian N. Wasserman and Marc Guidry -- ... A webbe ... / Gwendolyn Morgan -- ... A dyere ... / Diana R. Uhlman -- ... And a tapycer / Rebecca Stephens -- A cook they had with hem for the nones / Constance B. Hieatt -- A shipman ther was, wonynge fer by weste / Sigrid King -- With us ther was a Doctour of Phisik / Edwin Eleazar -- A good wife was ther of Biside Bath / Judith Slover. And was a povre persoun of a toun / Esther M.G. Smith -- With hym ther was a plowman, was his brother / Daniel F. Pigg -- The millere was a stout carl for the nones / Laura C. and Robert T. Lambdin -- A gentil maunciple was ther of a temple / John H. Fisher -- The reve was a sclendre colerik man / Richard B. McDonald -- A sumonour was ther with us in that place / James Keller -- With hym ther rood a gentil pardoner / Elton E. Smith -- Harry Bailly : Chaucer's innkeeper / Thomas C. Richardson -- I demed hym som chanoun for to be / Christine N. Chism -- His yeman eek was ful of curteisye / Robert T. and Laura C. Lambdin -- "What man artow?" : the narrator as writer and pilgrim / Katharine Wilson.
Summary:
"To have a clear understanding of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the reader needs to know about the vocations of the pilgrims. For some 600 years, this information has been difficult to locate. This reference provides a detailed historical description of the occupations of Chaucer's pilgrims. An entry is devoted to each traveler, and the entries have similar formats to foster comparison. Each entry discusses the historical daily routine of the pilgrim's occupation, the portrayal of the profession in Chaucer's poem, and the relationship between the tale and Chaucer's General Prologue. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is one of the oldest and most widely studied works of English literature. The tales provide a glimpse of medieval life, and the professions of the pilgrims figure prominently in the poetry. To have a clear understanding of Chaucer's work, the reader needs to know about the vocations of the pilgrims. For some 600 years, this information has been difficult to locate. This reference work conveniently synthesizes and discusses information about the occupation of each of Chaucer's pilgrims and provides an historical context. The volume contains individual entries for each of Chaucer's pilgrims, and the entries share a similar format to foster comparison. Each entry includes three parts. First, the pilgrim's profession is discussed in terms of the daily routine of the medieval occupation. Second, the vocation is examined in terms of its reflection in the tale told by the pilgrim. Third, the vocation and the tale are discussed, when possible, in relation to the descriptions of the characters provided in the General Prologue. Each entry includes a bibliography, and the volume concludes with a list of works for further reading." -- Provided by publisher.
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