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Students with little or no prior knowledge of Chaucer, the Canterbury Tales, or the world in which they were produced, will welcome this lively and concise introduction. Not only does it paint a portrait of the poet against the background of his time, it also considers the major preoccupations of the tales, and provides students with a critical framework for thinking creatively about them. The author inspires students to engage with the tales from a variety of perspectives, setting traditional ways of reading them against other newer approaches. Avoiding the tale-by-tale analysis and focus on individual pilgrims common to old-fashioned introductions, he encourages students instead to consider readings which compare and contrast the tales, emphasizing socially constructed analyses. The book provides the ideal aid to understanding and appreciating Geoffrey Chaucer and his works.

Hardcover:

9780631225614 | Blackwell Pub, August 1, 2002, cover price $60.95 | About this edition: Students with little or no prior knowledge of Chaucer, the Canterbury Tales, or the world in which they were produced, will welcome this lively and concise introduction.

Paperback:

9780631225621 | Blackwell Pub, September 9, 2002, cover price $46.95 | About this edition: This concise and lively survey introduces students with no prior knowledge to Chaucer, and particularly to The Canterbury Tales.

Miscellaneous:

9780470776933 | Blackwell Pub, April 15, 2008, cover price $82.50

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Product Description: Book by Hirsh, John C.

Hardcover:

9780937664803 | Pilgrim Books, August 1, 1988, cover price $33.95 | About this edition: Book by Hirsh, John C.

By John C. Hirsh (editor)

Hardcover:

9781405114813 | Blackwell Pub, September 20, 2004, cover price $150.00

Paperback:

9781405114820 | Blackwell Pub, September 20, 2004, cover price $57.95

Miscellaneous:

9780470755518 | Blackwell Pub, July 11, 2008, cover price $116.95

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Product Description: Sarsum Corda is a HUD-subsidized apartment complex in Washington, D.C., in which Georgetown University students have been tutoring primary school aged children for twenty years under the sponsorship of the Tenants' Association. In 1989-90 the program was reorganized, its focus shifting from doing homework with the children to helping them learn to read at grade level...read more

Paperback:

9780878405206 | Georgetown Univ Pr, December 1, 1990, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Sarsum Corda is a HUD-subsidized apartment complex in Washington, D.

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