Pilgrims & Pilgrimages - Christianity, Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, Medieval European Literature - Literary Criticism, Rhetoric, English Poetry - Medieval - Literary Criticism, Medieval Literature - General & Miscellaneous - Literary Crit
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Overview
Have you ever wondered why Chaucers pilgrims all arrive at dusk?Dolores Cullen, whose groundbreaking interpretations of The Canterbury Tales have already stirred up much controversy in academic circles, has the answer to that riddle.
Learn why there are no married couples among the pilgrims, and no children either. Learn why most of the pilgrims are men (there are only three women. Learn about the two brothers, the broad-shouldered door-crasher, the thin and easily angered one who lives in the shadows, the man who call s for water, the horseman, the warrior, and the woman whose motto is Love conquers all.
Read Chaucers Pilgrims and find out the answer to an astrological riddle that has lain dormant for six hundred years, and learn why The Canterbury Tales has a star-studded cast!
Praise for Dolores Cullens Pilgrim Chaucer and Chaucers Host
Cullens approach [in Pilgrim Chaucer: Center Stage] is scholarly, and her interpretations supported by extensive notes. Recommended for academic libraries supporting studies in medieval literature.
—Library Journal
Written to be immediately accessible to the non-specialist, Cullens new insight [in Chaucers Host] will compel significant reassessment within the scholarly community of Chaucer Studies.
—Midwest Book Review
WHAT NEW CAN BE SAID ABOUT A POET
WHOS BEEN DEAD FOR SIX HUNDRED YEARS?
Cullens Chaucers Pilgrims is a thought-provoking addition to literature
on this well-studied classic. —Library Journal, September 15, 2000
Author Bio:Dolores L. Cullen first encountered Chaucer as a middle-aged college student, and she has been hooked ever since. She received her B.A. in 1972 and her M.A. in 1978, both from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. She is also the author of Chaucers Host: Up-So-Doun and Pilgrim Chaucer: Center Stage. She lives and writes in Claremont, California.
Editorials
From The Critics
Any studying the Canterbury Tales will find this a fun examination of Chaucer, providing a fresh new look at Chaucer's intentions and the scholarly debates about his works. This reveals the allegorical meaning of his full cast of pilgrims, from their relationships to their nocturnal wanderings. A 'must' for serious readers of Chaucer.Book Details
Published
October 1, 2000
Publisher
Fithian Press
Pages
423
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781564743343