05-22-2003, 11:29 PM | #21 |
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I checked out The Canterbury Tales from the library just because I wanted to read it. I've read the Miller's Tale so far. It was hilarious.
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05-23-2003, 01:54 AM | #22 |
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Well Khamul, that was certainly the tale to start with, if you ask me .
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05-24-2003, 12:08 AM | #23 |
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Are there any other especially good tales that I should read before I return it to the library?
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05-24-2003, 01:12 PM | #24 |
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I enjoyed chaucer this year too! The Miller's Tale was very funny, but then again, most of the Tale had the biting satiric tone I love so much.
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05-24-2003, 01:25 PM | #25 |
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Chaucer is great. One that I love, is his tale of Chanticleer and Pertelote.
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05-24-2003, 02:01 PM | #26 |
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You should definitely check out the Wife of Bath's prologue and tale, and the Knight's Tale. The Merchant's Tale is bawdy and funny like the Miller's Tale, but kind of more sophisticated. Also read the General Prologue at the very beginning ("Whan that April with his shoores soote", etc.), just because it's one of the cornerstones of English literature and everyone should know it, though sadly, these days not everyone does.
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05-24-2003, 02:28 PM | #27 |
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I've always liked The Pardoner's Tale, you should read that one.
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05-24-2003, 11:31 PM | #28 |
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Ok... must read Wife of Bath's tale... My teacher told us about Chanticleer and Pertelote... must read the Knight's tale and the Merchant's tale...
We read the entire prologue in Lit class, then took an extensive test where we had to match characteristics to each of the pilgrims. That was a rough test, but I made the highest grade in the class. So, prologue -- check... The Pardoner's Tale? Is that the one where the guys are drunk in the bar and decide to go after Death? Then the guy tells them that they will find him under a tree. If that's the one, we read it in class too.
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09-26-2005, 05:06 PM | #30 |
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Anyone read Troilus and Criseyde? I read it this summer, along with the Canterbury Tales, and preferred it to the tales in some ways. Some passages are beautiful, and as a longer work there's more time for the story to develop. The frame of the tales can sometimes seem awkward, and this poem lacks that obvious artificiality.
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09-26-2005, 05:08 PM | #31 |
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One of these days, I intend to tackle Chaucer. My English cousin loves Chaucer - she's such an intellectual!
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10-17-2005, 11:30 AM | #32 |
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I took an entire class on Chaucer in university and I really enjoyed it. It helped that the professor was very enthusiastic about it. I can see where something like Canterbury Tales would be daunting to a first year student. I've always loved language so I think what I got out if it aside from some entertaining little stories, is a good example of a linguistic treasure. Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight had the same sort of effect on me, though it wasn't quite so entertaining as it was interesting. I enjoyed Chaucer a whole lot more than Le Morte D'Arthur.
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