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\nPersuasion  \nPortnoy’s Complaint A Portrait of the Artist  \nas a Young Man Pride and Prejudice Ragtime The Red Badge of  \nCourage The Rime of the  \nAncient Mariner The Rubáiyát of Omar  \nKhayyám The Scarlet Letter A Separate Peace Silas Marner Song of Myself  \nSong of Solomon The Stranger A Streetcar Named  \nDesire Sula  \nThe Sun Also Rises  \nThe Tale of Genji A Tale of Two Cities The Tales of Poe  \nThe Tempest  \nTheir Eyes Were Watching God  \nThings Fall Apart To Kill a Mockingbird Ulysses  \nWaiting for Godot The Waste Land White Noise Wuthering Heights Young Goodman  \nBrown  \n\n| Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations |\n| --- |\n| Geoffrey Chaucer’s\u003Cbr>The Canterbury Tales\u003Cbr>New Edition |\n\nEdited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom  \nSterling Professor of the Humanities Yale University  \nEditorial Consultant, Holly A. Crocker  \nBloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations:  \nGeoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales—New Edition  \nCopyright ©2008 by Infobase Publishing Introduction ©2008 by Harold Bloom  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For more information contact:  \nBloom’s Literary Criticism  \nAn imprint of Infobase Publishing  \n132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nGeoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales / edited with an introduction by Harold Bloom—New ed.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(Bloom’s modern criticial interpretations) Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-0-7910-9618-5 (hardcover : alk. paper)  \n1. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. Canterbury Tales. 2. 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Because of the dynamic nature of the Web, some addresses and links may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid.  \nContents  \nEditor’s Note vii  \nIntroduction 1  \nHarold Bloom  \n“As just as is a squyre”: The Politics of  \n“Lewed Translacion” in Chaucer","cbCaifOBaQRaNc7s","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifOBaQRaNc7s","pdf",1565513,295,"English","# Editor’s Note\n# Introduction\n## Harold Bloom\n## “As just as is a squyre”: The Politics of “Lewed Translacion” in Chaucer’s Summoner’s Tale\n## The Opening of Chaucer’s General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales: A Diptych\n## Chaucer’s Parson and the Specter of Wycliffism\n## “The Living Witnesses of Our Redemption”: Martyrdom and Imitation in Chaucer’s Prioress’s Tale\n## The “Elvyssh” Power of Constance: Christian Feminism in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Man of Law’s Tale\n## “Mark him wel for he is on of þo”: Training the “Lewed” Gaze to Discern Hypocrisy\n## “Of Goddes pryvetee nor of his wyf”: Confusion of Orifices in Chaucer’s Miller’s Tale\n## Changing Chaucer\n## The Creation of Consent in the Physician’s Tale\n## Thirteen Ways of Listening to a Fart: Noise in Chaucer’s Summoner’s Tale\n## Symkyn’s Place in the Reeve’s Tale\n## Chronology\n## Contributors\n## Bibliography\n## Acknowledgments\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"Who edited and introduced this edition of The Canterbury Tales?\",\"answer\":\"The volume is edited and introduced by Harold Bloom.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the main critical themes discussed in the collection?\",\"answer\":\"The essays address politics, numerology and structure in the General Prologue, religious influence, martyrdom and imitation, Christian feminism, hypocrisy, consent, noise, and narrative treatment across Chaucer’s tales.\"},{\"question\":\"What supplementary materials are included in the book?\",\"answer\":\"The contents list includes chronology, contributors, bibliography, acknowledgments, and an index, along with editor’s note and introduction.\"}]","Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations - Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales - New Edition | PDF",454]