General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/General_Prologue_of_The_Canterbury_Tales
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:literature
gptkbp:adaptedInto various modern translations
gptkbp:author gptkb:Geoffrey_Chaucer
gptkbp:contains portraits of 29 pilgrims
gptkbp:describes pilgrims' personalities
pilgrims' professions
pilgrims' appearance
pilgrims' social status
gptkbp:firstPublished circa 1400
gptkbp:followedBy pilgrims preparing for journey to Canterbury
gptkbp:form verse
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
frame narrative
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales
gptkbp:influenced English literature
gptkbp:influencedBy medieval estates satire
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:pilgrims
gptkbp:language gptkb:Middle_English
gptkbp:literaryDevice satire
imagery
irony
allusion
characterization
gptkbp:location gptkb:England
gptkbp:measures iambic pentameter
gptkbp:notableCharacter gptkb:King
gptkb:Wife_of_Bath
gptkb:Prioress
gptkb:Miller
gptkb:Squire
gptkb:Pardoner
Parson
Host (Harry Bailey)
gptkbp:openingLines Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote...
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:The_Canterbury_Tales
gptkbp:pilgrimageSite gptkb:Canterbury_Cathedral
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:Ellesmere_Manuscript
gptkb:Hengwrt_Manuscript
gptkbp:purpose frame for the tales
gptkbp:rhymeScheme rhyming couplets
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Tabard_Inn,_Southwark,_London
gptkbp:significance foundation of English literature
gptkbp:structure introduction to each pilgrim
gptkbp:studiedIn medieval literature courses
gptkbp:subject gptkb:pilgrimage_site
storytelling contest
gptkbp:theme human nature
social satire
class structure
gptkbp:writtenBy late 14th century
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Reeve
gptkb:The_Shipman
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7