Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
The Canterbury Romances: Chaucer’s Tales of Trouthe
The Clerk’s Tale
The Knight’s Tale
The Wife of Bath’s Tale
The Franklin’s Tale
The Other Romances — And Other Writings
The Highest Thing?
It’s Only Fiction, Right?
Dramatis Personae
Catalog of Chaucer’s Works
Approximate Chronology of Chaucer’s Major Works
Bibliography
Index
List of Illustrations
Burne-Jones: “Dorigen of Bretagne Waiting for the Return of Her Husband” Cover
Woodcut of Travelers on Pilgrimage
Richard Pynson’s woodcut of The Knight
Image of the Franklin from the Ellesmere manuscript
Manuscript illustration of the Wheel of Fortune
The Ellesmere manuscript, copied by Adam Pinkhurst, showing the Canon’s Yeoman and a correction to the title of his Tale
Manuscript copy of the poem “Truth”