The Canterbury tales : fifteenth-century continuations and additions

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The Canterbury tales : fifteenth-century continuations and additions

edited by John M. Bowers

(Middle English texts)

Published for TEAMS in association with the University of Rochester by Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, 1992

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 5-10)

Contents of Works

  • John Lydgate's prologue to the Siege of Thebes (BL Arundel 119)
  • The ploughman's tale (Christ Church Oxford MS 152)
  • The cook's tale (Bodley MS 686)
  • Spurious links (BL Lansdowne 851 and BL Royal 18.C.ii)
  • The Canterbury interlude and Merchant's tale of Beryn (Northumberland MS 455)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

When Geoffrey Chaucer died in 1400, his massive project, the Canterbury Tales, lay unfinished and unpublished. This volume includes five works that aim to fill in the gaps in this incomplete masterpiece. The pieces presented here date from the fifteenth century and survive in at least one manuscript collection of Chaucer's tales: John Lydgate's Prologue to the Siege of Thebes, The Ploughman's Tale, The Cook's Tale, Spurious Links, and The Canterbury Interlude and Merchant's Tale of Beryn. These pieces of Chaucerian apocrypha have been collected into one student-friendly edition, including introductions, notes, glosses, and a glossary to accommodate students of all levels of experience in Middle English.

Table of Contents

Preface General Introduction John Lydgate's Prologue to the Siege of Thebes The Ploughman's Tale The Cook's Tale Spurious Links The Canterbury Interlude and Merchant's Tale of Beryn Glossary

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