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  2. General Prologue - Wikipedia

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    The first lines from the General Prologue at the opening folio of the Hengwrt manuscript Illustration of the knight from the General Prologue. Three lines of text are also shown. The Tabard Inn, Southwark, around 1850. The General Prologue is the first part of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

  3. The Canterbury Tales - Wikipedia

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    The question of whether The Canterbury Tales is a finished work has not been answered to date. There are 84 manuscripts and four incunabula (printed before 1500) editions [4] of the work, which is more than for any other vernacular English literary text with the exception of Prick of Conscience.

  4. The Knight's Tale - Wikipedia

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    "The Knight's Tale" (Middle English: The Knightes Tale) is the first tale from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. The Knight is described by Chaucer in the " General Prologue " as the person of highest social standing amongst the pilgrims, though his manners and clothes are unpretentious.

  5. A Commentary on the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales

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    Kane, George (July 1950). "Reviews: A Commentary on the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales". The Modern Language Review. 45 (3). Modern Humanities Research Association: 363–368. doi:10.2307/3718517. JSTOR 3718517. (subscription required) Hulbert, James R. (February 1949). "Reviews: A Commentary on the General Prologue to the Canterbury ...

  6. Hengwrt Chaucer - Wikipedia

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    The Hengwrt Chaucer manuscript is an early-15th-century manuscript of the Canterbury Tales, held in the National Library of Wales, in Aberystwyth.It is an important source for Chaucer's text, and was possibly written by someone with access to an original authorial holograph, now lost.

  7. Prologue and Tale of Beryn - Wikipedia

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    The Prologue to the Tale of Beryn begins upon the pilgrims’ arrival in Canterbury, where they lodge at the inn, “The Checker of the Hoop.” (1–12).While the company is dining at the inn, the Pardoner, disgusted with how the meal is served according to social hierarchy, leaves the fellowship to instead speak with the barmaid, Kit (13–22).

  8. Ellesmere Chaucer - Wikipedia

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    It is seen as an important source for efforts to reconstruct Chaucer's original text and intentions, though John M. Manly and Edith Rickert in their Text of the Canterbury Tales (1940) noted that whoever edited the manuscript probably made substantial revisions, tried to regularise spelling, and put the individual Tales into a smoothly running ...

  9. Order of The Canterbury Tales - Wikipedia

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    The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories, mostly in verse, written by Geoffrey Chaucer chiefly from 1387 to 1400. They are held together in a frame story of a pilgrimage on which each member of the group is to tell two tales on the way to Canterbury, and two on the way back.

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