GEOFFREY CHAUCER: THE PROLOGUE TO THE CANTERBURY TALES (With Text)

Geoffrey Chaucer Prologue to The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400) has been hailed as the Father of English Poetry. His greatest work, designed about 1387, is The Canterbury Tales, written for the most part in heroic couplets. The Prologue is especially interesting for the vivid picture it presents of contemporary life through the twenty-nine pilgrims assembled at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, about to travel to the shrine of Becket at Canterbury. The poet has drawn a striking portrait of each one of them, drawing John Dryden’s famous comment, “Here is God’s plenty.” This critical study, originally prepared by Dr. Raghukul Tilak, has now been thoroughly edited, revised and updated by Prof. Shakti Batra.