The Miller's prologue and tale

Author(s)

• Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400
• Allen, Valerie

Bibliographic Information

The Miller's prologue and tale

edited by Valerie Allen

（Cambridge school Chaucer）

Cambridge University Press, 2007

• : paperback

Uniform Title

Miller's tale

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Six-hundred-year-old tales with modern relevance. As well as the complete text of the Miller's Prologue and Tale, the student will find illustrated information on Chaucer's world, including a map of the Canterbury pilgrimage, a running synopsis of the action, an explanation of unfamiliar words, and a wide range of classroom-tested activities to help bring the text to life. Guided by the suggestions for study and the wide range of helpful information, students will readily appreciate Chaucer's wit and sense of irony, his love of controversy and his delight in character portrayal.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• What are The Canterbury Tales?
• Chaucer's language
• The Miller's contribution
• The Portrait of the Miller (from The General Prologue)
• The Miller's Prologue
• The Miller's Tale
• Comparing the Miller's Tale with the Knight's Tale
• Chaucer's pilgrims
• Pilgrims and pilgrimages
• Geoffrey Chaucer
• Town v. gown: life in Oxford in the fourteenth century
• Astronomy and astrology
• Religion and its place in everyday society
• Longer questions on the Miller's Tale
• Glossary of frequently used words.

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Details

• NCID: BA88595642
• ISBN:
  • 9780521701440
• LCCN: 2008270569
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: 96 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR1868.M6
  • DC22 : 821/.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Poetry
  • LCSH : Canterbury (England) -- Poetry
  • LCSH : Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. Miller's tale
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA82339730