Chaucer's Pilgrims

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LAURA C. LAMBDIN teaches Professional Communications in the University of South Carolina's Moore School of Business. Her areas of specialization include Medieval, Romantic, and Victorian Literature. The Arthurian legends popular during those three periods are of particular interest to her, and she has written many articles comparing various treatments of Arthurian material. ROBERT T. LAMBDIN is Assistant Professor of English in the Provisional Year Program at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. His areas of specialization include Medieval, Old English, Renaissance, British, and Greek Drama. Of particular interest to him are the Middle English debate poems.

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To have a clear understanding of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the reader needs to know about the vocations of the pilgrims. For some 600 years, this information has been difficult to locate. This reference provides a detailed historical description of the occupations of Chaucer's pilgrims. An entry is devoted to each traveler, and the entries have similar formats to foster comparison. Each entry discusses the historical daily routine of the pilgrim's occupation, the portrayal of the profession in Chaucer's poem, and the relationship between the tale and Chaucer's General Prologue. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is one of the oldest and most widely studied works of English literature. The tales provide a glimpse of medieval life, and the professions of the pilgrims figure prominently in the poetry. To have a clear understanding of Chaucer's work, the reader needs to know about the vocations of the pilgrims. For some 600 years, this information has been difficult to locate. This reference work conveniently synthesizes and discusses information about the occupation of each of Chaucer's pilgrims and provides an historical context. The volume contains individual entries for each of Chaucer's pilgrims, and the entries share a similar format to foster comparison. Each entry includes three parts. First, the pilgrim's profession is discussed in terms of the daily routine of the medieval occupation. Second, the vocation is examined in terms of its reflection in the tale told by the pilgrim. Third, the vocation and the tale are discussed, when possible, in relation to the descriptions of the characters provided in the General Prologue. Each entry includes a bibliography, and the volume concludes with a list of works for further reading.

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Preface A Knyght Ther Was by Michael A. Calabrese A Yong Squier by Peggy Huey A Yeman Had He by John W. Conlee Ther Was Also A Nonne, A Prioress by Maureen Hourigan Another Nonne With Hire Hadde She by Rebecca Stephens And Preestes Thre by Catherine Cox A Monk Ther Was, A Fair for the Maistrie by John P. Hermann A Frere Ther Was, A Wantowne and a Meryee by Karl T. Hagen A Marchant Was Ther With a Forked Berd by Nancy M. Reale A Clerk Ther Was of Oxenford Also by Bert Dillon A Sergeant of the Law, War and Wyse by Joseph Hornsby A Frankeleyn Was In His Compaignye by Liz Sembler An Haberdasher. by Laura and Robert Lambdin .And a Carpenter. by Julian N. Wasserman and Marc Guidry .A Webbe. by Gwendolyn Morgan .A Dyere. by Diana R. Uhlman .And a Tapycer by Rebecca Stephens A Cook They Had With Hem For the Nones by Constance B. Hieatt A Shipman Ther Was, Wonynge Fer By Weste by Sigrid King With Us Ther Was a Doctour of Phisik by Edwin Eleazar A Good Wive Was Ther of Biside Bath by Judith Slover And Was a Povre Persoun of a Toun by Esther M. G. Smith With Hym Ther Was a Plowman, Was His Brother by Daniel F. Pigg The Millere Was a Stout Carl for the Nones by Laura and Robert Lambdin A Gentil Maunciple Was Ther of a Temple by John H. Fisher The Reve Was a Sclendre Colerik Man by Richard B. McDonald A Sumonour Was Ther With Us In That Place by James Keller With Hym Ther Rood a Gentil Pardoner by Elton E. Smith Harry Bailly: Chaucer's Innkeeper by Thomas C. Richardson I Demed Hym Som Chanoun For To Be by Christine N. Chism His Yeman Eek Was Ful of Curteisye by Robert and Laura Lambdin "What Man Artow?": The Narrator as Writer and Pilgrim by Katharine Wilson Selected Bibliography Index