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William Langland: Vision 1 to Vision 8

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William Langland

  • The English Poet William Langland (Ca. 1330 – ca. 1400) was one of the contemporaries of Geoffrey Chaucer. His master piece Piers Ploughman, an allegory with a complex variety of religious themes. .
  • Piers Ploughman is supposed to written between 1370 to 1390. It is a Middle English allegorical narrative poem.
  • It is written in unrhymed, alliterative verse divided into sections called passus.
  • It has three distinct versions which scholars refer…

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The Canterbury Tales: Some Facts About the Canterbury Tales, the Tales

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Some Facts About the Canterbury Tales

  • The Canterbury Tales (1387 - 88) is the landmark work of Chaucer.
  • It is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines (23 were completed, and one was partially finished) .
  • The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio is the model for The Canterbury Tales.
  • It deals with the pilgrims who are going to pay a visit to the tomb of Thomas Becket at Canterbury.
  • Harry Bailey, the Host of the inn agrees to go along with the pilgrims and act as the master of ceremonies.
  • The initial plan was to make each pilgrim to narrate two tales during the journey to Canterbury and another two tales while coming back.
  • Chaucer was …

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