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Books on: chaucers pilgrims

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Chaucer's Pilgrims: An Historical Guide to the Pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales

Book by Laura C. Lambdin, Robert T. Lambdin; Praeger, 1999

Subjects:

Chaucer, Geoffrey--D. 1400--Canterbury Tales--Selections, Chaucer, Geoffrey--D. 1400--Characters--Pilgrims, Christian Pilgrims And Pilgrimages In Literature, Literature And History--England, Occupations In Literature, Occupations--England--History, Professions--England--History, Tales, Medieval--History And Criticism

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

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 ...
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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."
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Chaucer's Drama of Style: Poetic Variety and Contrast in the Canterbury Tales

Book by C. David Benson; University of North Carolina Press, 1986

Subjects:

Chaucer, Geoffrey--d. 1400--Canterbury tales, Chaucer, Geoffrey--d. 1400--Technique, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature, Poetics, Rhetoric, Medieval

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...most obviously dramatic of Chaucers pilgrims, the critic needs to tread...interest in the individuality of Chaucers pilgrims. Two fifteenth-century attempts...sense: "The characters of Chaucers Pilgrims are the characters which compose...
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Geoffrey Chaucer's the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

Book by Harold Bloom; Chelsea House, 1988

Subjects:

Chaucer, Geoffrey--D. 1400--Canterbury Tales--Prologue, Christian Pilgrims And Pilgrimages In Literature, Prologues And Epilogues--History And Criticism

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

-- Presents the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature
-- The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism
-- Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index
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Women Pilgrims in Late Medieval England: Private Piety and Public Performance

Book by Susan Signe Morrison; Routledge, 2000

Subjects:

Christian Pilgrims And Pilgrimages--England--History--To 1500, Christian Women--Religious Life--England--History--To 1500, Church History--Middle Ages, 600-1500

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

This thought-provoking book explores medieval perceptions of pilgrimage, gender and space.
It examines real-life evidence for the widespread presence of women pilgrims taken from secular and literary texts and representations of women pilgrims in the visual arts. Along the way some intriguing ...
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This thought-provoking book explores medieval perceptions of pilgrimage, gender and space.
It examines real-life evidence for the widespread presence of women pilgrims taken from secular and literary texts and representations of women pilgrims in the visual arts. Along the way some intriguing connections are made-including the inextricable link between women pilgrims and sexuality, and the sense that this sexuality tainted the sacred space of the pilgrimage.
Explores a unique intersection between women's studies, medieval history, religion and culture.
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Reading Piers Plowman and The Pilgrim's Progress: Reception and the Protestant Reader

Book by Barbara A. Johnson; Southern Illinois University Press, 1992

Subjects:

Bunyan, John--1628-1688--Pilgrim's Progress, Langland, William--1330?-1400?--Piers The Plowman, Protestantism And Literature, Protestants--England--Books And Reading, Reader-Response Criticism

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...reception of Piers Plowman and The Pilgrims Progress provides a particularly graphic...notes that Bunyan, like the "Prince of pilgrims," will always be exposed to the "sneers...reception of Piers Plowman , The Pilgrims Progress is the true focal point of...

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Journal Articles on: chaucers pilgrims

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Dolores L. Cullen, Chaucer's Pilgrims: The Allegory

Journal article by Norman Klassen; Medium Aevum, Vol. 72, 2003

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Chaucer's Pilgrims: the Allegory (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Dolores L. Cullen, Chaucers Pilgrims: The Allegory. by Norman...warning to those who think they know Chaucers poetry reasonably well. For such readers, prior knowledge of the pilgrims inhibits the range of vision (p...
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Pagans, Tartars, Moslems, and Jews in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Journal article by Warren Ginsberg; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 51, 2002

Subjects:

Pagans, Tartars, Moslems, and Jews in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (Book)

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...adventitious and in their willingness to defy authority, Chaucers pilgrims dramatize Ockhams contention that contingency lodges...prior to judgment, which is the condition under which Chaucers pilgrims tell their stories. Nevertheless, though judgment...
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Warren Ginsberg, Chaucer's Italian Tradition

Journal article by Daniel Pinti; Medium Aevum, Vol. 72, 2003

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Chaucer's Italian Tradition (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...research into Boccaccios Dante in articles dating back to 1986. His discussion of Chaucers Clerk, in Ginsbergs view the most "Italian" of the Canterbury pilgrims (p. 268), is not helped by its tendency to neglect Chaucers version of the Griselda...
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What Ails Chaucer's Cook? Spiritual Alchemy and the Ending of the Canterbury Tales

Journal article by Michael Kensak; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 80, 2001

Subjects:

Alchemy--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Canterbury Tales (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Chaucer, Geoffrey--Criticism, interpretation, etc., English literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., English literature--History, Spirituality--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Spirituality--History, Spirituality--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...pattern, in which the pilgrims misread a living...destination, demonstrate Chaucers masterful use of...Robert T. Lambdin, Chaucers Pilgrims: An Historical Guide to the Pilgrims in The Canterbury...Joseph Grennen, "Chaucers Characterization...
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"Biheste Is Dette": Marriage Promises in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Journal article by Marie Nelson; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 38, 2002

Subjects:

Chaucer, Geoffrey--Criticism, interpretation, etc., English literature, 1100-1485 (Middle English period)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Marriage--Portrayals, depictions, etc., The Canterbury Tales (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...is dette," said Chaucers Man of Law when...like his fellow pilgrims on the way to Canterbury...vary. Readers of Chaucers Canterbury Tales...twenty-nine other pilgrims with the same intention...asking his fellow pilgrims: "Which was the...we can tell from Chaucers text no one ventures...

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Magazine Articles on: chaucers pilgrims

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Women Pilgrims of the Middle Ages

Magazine article by Diana Webb; History Today, Vol. 48, July 1998

Subjects:

Middle Ages--Demographic aspects, Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Demographic aspects, Women in Christianity--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...in 1370: one trail ends with Chaucers Prioress, who perhaps really...insuperable difficulty; for female pilgrims in general it was a problem...the kingdom that nuns like Chaucers Prioress betook themselves...more than you do with other pilgrims who are here, and who have...
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Pilgrim's Progress

Magazine article by William Cook; New Statesman, Vol. 131, April 1, 2002

Subjects:

Anniversaries--Rites and ceremonies, Chaucer, Geoffrey--Homes and haunts, Churches--Rites and ceremonies, London, England--Churches, mosques, synagogues, etc., The Canterbury Tales (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...following in the footsteps of Chaucers pilgrims. And last month, so did I...is shaped by Chaucers pen. Chaucers pilgrims set off from the Tabard Inn...to restore. This was where Chaucers pilgrims spent their first night, but...
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Pilgrim's Progress: Andrew Billen Finds More Than Just Bum Jokes in the BBC's Updating of Chaucer

Magazine article by Andrew Billen; New Statesman, Vol. 132, September 15, 2003

Subjects:

British Broadcasting Corporation Ltd., Canterbury Tales (Television program)--Reviews

Collections: Entire Library

Pilgrims Progress: Andrew Billen Finds More...got past a script conference had Chaucers imprimatur not been branded on its...by marrying an old(er) wife. As in Chaucers scheme, the story within the story...and Canterbury, some time between Chaucers age and Neversville, these new Canterbury...
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A Walking Pilgrimage across Spain to Santiago De Compostela

Magazine article by Morton D. Winsberg; Focus, Vol. 43, Fall 1993

Subjects:

Pilgrimages--Personal narratives, Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Personal narratives, Religious buildings, Spain, Walking tours--Personal narratives

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...assault on me. I seemed to have become his scapegoat for all the pilgrims who came before. He accused all of us of being nothing more...to drive from Burgos to take them home. A group not unlike Chaucers Our pilgrimage group of three was soon doubled with the arrival...
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Times and Tides

Magazine article by Pamela Tudor Craig; History Today, Vol. 46, April 1996

Subjects:

Pilgrims and pilgrimages--History, Relics--History, Souvenirs (Keepsakes)--History, Travel--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...did not stop the Canterbury pilgrims from enjoying the expedition...were issued at Canterbury in Chaucers time contained miraculous water...The prehistoric highway, the Pilgrims Way along the South Downs...Compostella. If you trace that famous pilgrims route through France and along...

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Newspaper Articles on: chaucers pilgrims

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In Chaucer's Footsteps; Answers to Correspondents

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 27, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...follow the route taken by the pilgrims from London to Canterbury? SETTING off from Southwark (in Chaucers day, a hotchpotch of palaces and...besieged by King John in 1215. Chaucers pilgrims spent their third night at the...
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'Like Doing 19 One-Act Plays' at Once; Royal Shakespeareans Bring Chaucer's 'Tales' to Lusty Life

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 14, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...its depiction of disparate pilgrims staving off travel boredom...There were 29 sojourners in Chaucers epic poem, but a cast of 20...Poultons adaptation retains Chaucers inverse couplets (and a smattering...get to know the individual pilgrims. "The stories are absolutely...
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Tales of the Unexpected; Terry Grimley Meets Jonathan Munby and Rebecca Gatward, Two-Thirds of the Directing Team Which Has Brought Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to the RSC Stage

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), December 2, 2005

Subjects:

Actors, Actresses

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...much of a revelation was it to work in such close detail on Chaucers masterpiece? Theres a largesse about him, hes an inclusive...during previews. When you reach the end of Part 2, when the Pilgrims stand and sing the final hymn, there is a real sense of completing...
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DIGGING IN TO THE KENT EXPERIENCE FOSSIL HUNTING AND SIGHTSEEING IS MORE FUN THAN A HIGH-TECH TOUR OF CHAUCER'S WORLD Digging in to the Kent Experience

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 3, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...IS MORE FUN THAN A HIGH-TECH TOUR OF CHAUCERS WORLD Digging in to the Kent Experience...the post (`calling all Knowltons!) the pilgrims were wasting their time. Like most place...promised to be another world, the world of Chaucers Canterbury Tales. It had all the authenticity...
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Travel: PILGRIM'S PROGRESS; PETER WOODMAN TAKES TIME OUT IN CANTERBURY

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), November 18, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...reign of Henry VIII in the 15th century and burning candles now mark the spot. It was the pilgrims trekking to the cathedral who inspired Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales which, in turn, have proved the inspiration for a visitor attraction. Entitled...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: chaucers pilgrims

3 results

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Tabard Inn

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...19th cent., was mentioned by Geoffrey Chaucer in the Prologue of the Canterbury Tales as the starting point of Chaucers pilgrims. ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press. Licensed...
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Chaucer, Geoffrey

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...The Canterbury Tales To Chaucers final period, in which he...poem introduces a group of pilgrims journeying from London to...marriage, and religion. Through Chaucers superb powers of characterization the pilgrims such as the earthy wife of...
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Middle English Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...culmination of Middle English literature. Chaucers The Canterbury Tales are stories told each other by pilgrims who comprise a very colorful cross section...virtually every significant medieval theme. Chaucers wise and humane work also illuminates...

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