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by Geoffrey Chaucer; V. A. Kolve (Editor); Glending Olson (Editor)

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For this new critical edition of The Canterbury Tales, the editors have selected the most popular and admired of Chaucer's tales, together with the complete General Prologue. Each tale is presented in Chaucer's original verse but with modern spelling and substantial glossing. As with all Norton Critical Editions, The Canterbury Tales also includes sections on sources and backgrounds, and criticism.

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  • Title The Canterbury Tales: Nine Tales and the General Prologue: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism
  • Author Geoffrey Chaucer; V. A. Kolve (Editor); Glending Olson (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 552
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1989
  • ISBN 9780393952452 / 0393952452
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.15 x 1.12 in (21.08 x 13.08 x 2.84 cm)
  • Reading level 500
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Chaucer, Geoffrey, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 87032084
  • Dewey Decimal Code 821.1
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