Six-hundred-year-old tales with modern relevance. This stunning full-colour edition from the bestselling Cambridge School Chaucer series explores the complete text of The Miller's Prologue and Tale through a wide range of classroom-tested activities and illustrated information, including a map of the Canterbury pilgrimage, a running synopsis of the action, an explanation of unfamiliar words and suggestions for study. Cambridge School Chaucer makes medieval life and language more accessible, helping students appreciate Chaucer's brilliant characters, his wit, sense of irony and love of controversy.
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Six-hundred-year-old tales with modern relevance.
Introduction; What are The Canterbury Tales?; Chaucer's language; The Miller's contribution; Text and notes: 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 versus gown: Life in Oxford in the fourteenth century; Astronomy and astrology; Religion and its place in everyday society; Discussion questions; Glossary of frequently used words
Les mer
Six-hundred-year-old tales with modern relevance.

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ISBN
9781316615492
Publisert
2016-06-02
Utgiver
Cambridge University Press; Cambridge University Press
Vekt
150 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
5 mm
Aldersnivå
E, 04
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
96

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