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Telling The Tales: Lynda's choice of Canterbury pilgrims explained
The pilgrims are a mixed bunch ... if anyone was going to be a gin drinker from The Canterbury Tales’ tellers, the Wife of Bath would be it. And thus we have Lilian Bellamy as the good Wife ...
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On Language: And now a word from the wife of Bath
I have just started reading “The Good Wife of Bath” by Karen Brooks. I am familiar with the Wife of Bath from my previous ...
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Four remarkable works that were never finished
Image caption, A 1485 illustration from The Canterbury Tales shows the many pilgrims seated around a table - it was never revealed which one won their storytelling contest However, the work people ...
My late brother left us an imagined map of a Norfolk pilgrimage – now it’s a reality
After finding her brother’s hand-drawn route after his sudden death, Sarah Sands reflects on how a journey can create meaning ...
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From the Tabard Inn to Canterbury
The fact that Chaucer wrote in English (now referred to as Middle English), rather than French or Latin like many of his fellow writers, meant that ordinary folk could enjoy the Canterbury Tales ...
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Nottingham University issues trigger warning for 'Christian expression' in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
The tales are framed as a storytelling contest between pilgrims, who entertain themselves while travelling from London to the tomb of Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. It is regarded a ...