Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Contents xi
5. Introduction xv
6. Portraits of Chaucer 1
7. Poets Whom Chaucer Admired 7
8. People Whom Chaucer Knew 10
9. Plages and Buildings Which Chaucer Knew 20
10. The Arts of Metalwork 29
11. The Romaunt of the Rose 32
12. The Book of the Duchess 34
13. The House of Fame 40
14. The Parliament of Fowls 43
15. Fortune 43
16. The Complaint of Mars 44
17. Boethius, the Consolation of Philosophy 45
18. The Legend of Good Women 46
19. Troilus and Criseyde 48
20. The Canterbury Pilgrimage 54
21. The Canterbury Pilgrims 58
22. The General Prologue of the Canterbury Tales 66
23. The Knight’s Tale 73
24. The Miller’s Tale 78
25. The Reeve’s Tale 79
26. The Shipman’s Tale 79
27. The Prioress’s Prologue and Tale 80
28. Sir Thopas 81
29. Melibeus 83
30. The Monk’s Tale 84
31. The Nun’s Priest’s Tale 86
32. The Wife of Bath’s Prologue 90
33. The Summoner’s Tale 90
34. The Clerk’s Tale of Grisild 91
35. The Squire’s Tale 97
36. The Franklin’s Tale 98
37. The Physician’s Tale 98
38. The Pardoner’s Headlink and Tale 99
39. The Manciple’s Prologue 102
40. The Second Nun’s Tale 102
41. The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale 103
42. The Parson’s Tale 103
43. Index of Figures 107