The Canterbury Tales: Seventeen Tales and the General Prologue: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)

“This book has been more helpful to the students–both the better ones and the lesser ones–than any other book I have ever used in any of my classes in my more than a quarter century of university teaching.” –RICHARD L. KIRKWOOD, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire This Norton Critical Edition includes: * The medieval masterpiece’s most popular tales, including–new to the Third Edition–The Man of Law’s Prologue and Tale and The Second Nun’s Prologue and Tale. * Extensive marginal glosses, explanatory footnotes, a preface, and a guide to Chaucer’s language by V. A. Kolve and Glending Olson. * Sources and analogues arranged by tale. * Twelve critical essays, seven of them new to the Third Edition. * A Chronology, a Short Glossary, and a Selected Bibliography. About the Series Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format–annotated text, contexts, and criticism–helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.