The Prologue To The Canterbury TalesPDF电子书下载

Ⅰ．The Writing of the Prologue 1

1．The Occasion 1

2．The Scheme 3

3．The Date 7

Ⅱ．Religion in the Later Fourteenth Century 10

1．The Religious Background 10

2．The Faithful Clergy 14

Parson 14

Prioress 17

Nun，Nun＇s Priest，Clerk 18

3．The Profiteering Clerics 19

Monk 19

Friar 20

Summoner and Pardoner 22

Ⅲ．The Fourteenth Century Secular Scene 25

1．＇Sondry Folk＇ 25

Manciple 26

Sergeant of the Law and Doctor 26

Knight 27

Squire 29

Franklin 30

Five Gildsmen 31

Cook 31

Shipman and Merchant 32

Miller and Reeve 33

Wife of Bath 34

Ploughman 35

Yeoman 36

Poet Chaucer and Host 37

2．The Prologue as a Source of Knowledge 38

Ⅳ．Chaucer＇s Art 42

1．Language and Metre 42

2．Chaucer＇s Style 47

3．Chaucer＇s Art of Portraiture 56

4．Chaucer＇s Humour 63

Ⅴ．Conclusion 68

Ⅵ．Further Questions 71

Ⅶ．Further Suggested Reading 72