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The General Prologue
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Fragment II / Group B1
The Man of Law's
Introduction, Prologue, Tale, & Epilogue
Fragment III /
Group D
The Wife of Bath's
Prologue & Tale
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The Summoner's Prologue
& Tale
Fragment IV /
Group E
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Clerk's Prologue & Tale
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Tale, & Epilogue
Fragment V / Group F
The
Squire's Introduction & Tale
The Franklin's Prologue
& Tale
Fragment VI /
Group C
The Physician's Tale
The Pardoner's Introduction,
Prologue, & Tale
Fragment VII /
Group B2
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& Tale
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of Sir Thopas
The Tale of Melibee
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Tale, & Epilogue
Fragment VIII /
Group G
The
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Prologue & Tale
Fragment IX /
Group H
The Manciple's
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Group I
The Parson's Prologue
& Tale
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The
Man of Law's Tale
1. In Middle English
The Introduction
to the Man of Law's Tale, the Man
of Law's Prologue, Man
of Law's Tale, and Man
of Law's Epilogue at the UVa Electronic Text Center
Read the
Man of Law's Introduction, Prologue, Tale, and Epilogue in the context of Fragment
II - Group B1
2. In Modern English Translation
Scott
Gettman's edition of the Canterbury
Tales (Electronic Literature Foundation) is accessible by individual tale &
available in a variety of formats: Middle English, Modern English, Facing Page,
& Interpolated - Glossed (frames; from unknown base text).
- Although unsuitable for formal research or college work, the
ELF is the best online version for younger readers and those unfamiliar with Middle
English. Easily navigable, and the Middle English glosses are very helpful.
The Litrix Reading Room translation
of the Canterbury Tales features rhyming couplets.
Sinan Kökbugur's helpfully glossed hypertext Middle English rendition of the complete Canterbury Tales is available at the Librarius page. Use the Table of
Contents in the left frame to click on a specific Tale, and difficult terms and phrases
are glossed in the lower frame.
Skip
Knox's selection
of Canterbury Tales in Modern English (Boise State) includes the Man of Law's
Introduction, the Prologue to the Man
of Law's Tale, and the Man of Law's Tale
(from an unknown base text).
3. Historical & Cultural Backgrounds
English Legal History Materials
(Robert Palmer, UHouston) contains technical discussion and primary materials in
translation for different aspects of the law in medieval England.
4. Sources, Analogues, & Related Texts
The Man
of Law's Introduction begins with an elaborate astronomical calculation, like the General
Prologue. See Marianne Hansen's The Planets and Their
Children: A Blockbook of Medieval Popular Astrology, a 15th-century astrology text
(Cornell).
Volume 33 of the Harvard Classics is
devoted to Voyages and Travel:
Ancient and Modern.
5. Online Notes & Commentary
Discussion and links concerning the Man of Law's Introduction,
Prologue, Tale, and Epilogue on Larry D. Benson's superlative Geoffrey Chaucer Page (Harvard). Includes
e-texts of scholarly essays, sources and ancillary texts, and capsule discussions of key
issues. Some of the items related to the Man of Law's Tale include:
6. Online Articles & Books
An Exemplaria e-print by Susan Schibanoff, Worlds Apart: Orientalism,
Antifeminism, and Heresy in Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale. Cite as a web document.
7. Student Projects & Essays
Anniina Jokkinen's Essays and Articles on Chaucer
includes a number of sample student essays, of varying quality. Like any other
source, student essays must be evaluated rigorously, cited correctly, and used
responsibly. Jokkinen also compiles a number of resources by Canterbury
Tale: The
Man of Law's Tale
8. Online Bibliography
9. Syllabi & Course
Descriptions
10. Images & Multimedia
11. Language Helps & Audio Files
Sample
audio files (.wav, .au, .aiff) from the Man
of Law's Tale, recorded at the University of Adelaide, 1994, and read by Tom Burton,
are available from the Chaucer Studio (Paul Thomas, Brigham Young).
12. Potpourri
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