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The Canterbury Tales
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It has me wanting to turn back to the Canterbury Tales and I think that if I brought the Canterbury Tales that possibly I could teach myself Middle English.
What they say about it
- Discussing reading the book2
The best things said about it
William Morris did the Canterbury Tales. Like, have you seen these books? Oh, it's just so beautiful.
If you've ever read Chaucer which I did in college like the Canterbury Tales.
Let's pull the Canterbury Tales or let's pull Ulysses from all libraries in our community.
Where and when it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
5 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of narrative poems in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer that details the tales told by a diverse group of pilgrims traveling to Canterbury. Pamela Paul recommended the classic on The Book Review, noting that it made her want to teach herself Middle English. Josh Clark brought up the book on Stuff You Should Know to illustrate the literary trope of the merry widow through the Wife of Bath, and also mentioned reading Chaucer's work in college while discussing Middle English history. Ben Bowlin referenced the title on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know as an example of a classic text that could face community library bans. Riva Tez praised William Morris's beautifully crafted medieval-revival edition of the book on How I Write, and Adrian Edwards noted on The Book Review that King George III's historic collection included a first edition of the tales.
Every mention
Pamela Paul it has me wanting to turn back to the Canterbury Tales and I think that if I brought the canbury tales that… 1
“it has me wanting to turn back to the Canterbury Tales and I think that if I brought the canbury tales that possibly I could teach myself Middle English”
Josh Clark Like I think one appears in the Canterbury Tales Cher's Canterbury Tales the wife of bath I believe 2
“Like I think one appears in the Canterbury Tales Cher's Canterbury Tales the wife of bath I believe”
“so this is like if you've ever read uh Chaucer which I did in college like the Canterbury Tales this is I thought like we read Old English summon college”
Adrian Edwards he had the canterberry tales the first edition as well 1
“he had the canterberry tales the first edition as well”
Ben Bowlin but if you said for instance let's pull the Canterbury Tales or let's pull Ulysses from all libraries in ou… 1
“but if you said for instance let's pull the Canterbury Tales or let's pull Ulysses from all libraries in our community then you're are you not infringing upon the rights of adults”
Riva Tez William Morris did the Canterbury Tales. Like, have you seen these books? Oh, it's just so beautiful. 1
“William Morris did the Canterbury Tales. Like, have you seen these books? Oh, it's just so beautiful.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
“No, is that the Canterbury tales, uh, the, I forgot which king it was, was frustrated by the priest Beckett and said, oh, won't someone rid me of this, this troublesome priest?”
“So first, what do you say, let's start with the maid's tale. If we want to make this Canterbury Tales-esque or a Hulu original, maybe?”
“I think one appears in the Canterbury Tales—the wife of Bath, I believe—where they're just like always in a good mood, they have money, they're independent, they don't take any guff from anybody.”
“so this is like if you've ever read uh Chaucer which I did in college like the Canterbury Tales this is I thought like we read Old English summon college but there's no way because when I saw examples of Old English it's not even decipherable partly what I was reading was Middle English and and that's what Chaucer was”
“so there's the Comstock law or the federal anti-obscenity act that banned a lot of stuff like the Canterbury Tales or the de Cameron”
“rather it's from the allegorical poem Piers Plowman written by English poet William langland about a decade before Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales”