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Electronic
Canterbury Tales - Kankedort.Net Index Page
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The Canterbury
Tales in Middle English
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The Canterbury
Tales in Translation
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General
Historical & Cultural Backgrounds
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Sources,
Analogues, & Related Texts
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Online Notes &
Commentary
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Online Articles
& Books
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Student Projects
& Essays
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Online
Bibliography
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Syllabi & Course
Descriptions
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Images &
Multimedia
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Audio Files &
Language Helps
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Potpourri
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Additional
Resources
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Scholar's
Dozen
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What's New? Recent Additions to the ECT
Web Resources by Tale
Electronic
Canterbury Tales - Kankedort.Net Index Page
Fragment I / Group A
The General Prologue
The Knight's Tale
The Miller's Prologue &
Tale
The Reeve's Prologue & Tale
The Cook's Prologue & Tale
Fragment II / Group B1
The Man of Law's
Introduction, Prologue, Tale, & Epilogue
Fragment III /
Group D
The Wife of Bath's
Prologue & Tale
The Friar's Prologue & Tale
The Summoner's
Prologue
& Tale
Fragment IV /
Group E
The
Clerk's Prologue & Tale
The Merchant's Prologue,
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
The Shipman's Tale
The Prioress's Prologue
& Tale
The
Prologue & Tale
of Sir Thopas
The Tale of Melibee
The Monk's Prologue & Tale
The Nun's Priest's Prologue,
Tale, & Epilogue
Fragment VIII /
Group G
The
Second Nun's Prologue & Tale
The Canon's Yeoman's
Prologue & Tale
Fragment IX /
Group H
The Manciple's
Prologue & Tale
Fragment X /
Group I
The Parson's Prologue
& Tale
The Retraction
The Electronic Canterbury Tales:
Troilus
and Criseyde
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An Online Compendium and Companion
to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
WHAT'S NEW?
Electronic
Chaucer Texts:
What's Available Online?
 The
Electronic Library Foundation version of the Canterbury Tales seems now to
be offline. I'll check periodically to see if it has been restored.
Caveat Browser!
The attentive student or reader must carefully evaluate the
usefulness of every online source, especially when dealing with Chaucer's primary texts in
Middle English and their translations.
1. On the Suitability of Online Texts for Research
In general, since the current academic standard text of
Chaucer's works, The Riverside Chaucer (gen. ed. Larry D. Benson [Boston:
Houghton-Mifflin, 1987]), is not widely available online (except for those schools that
have purchased a site license), anyone using these online versions need to be aware that
they are derived from older critical texts.
That is, most online texts are the editorial reconstructions of earlier
generations of scholars. Robinson's 1957 and Skeat's 1898-1900
editions both have academic credibility, though newer editions are
available in print. Unattributed or undocumented online
editions should be avoided for anything but casual reading.
2. On the Usability of Online Versions &
Translations for Reading
However, these online versions can serve as starting points
for serious reading of Chaucer's texts for those who cannot access The Riverside
Chaucer.
- For those coming to Chaucer for the first time,
the Librarius
edition of the Canterbury Tales is (1) translated, (2) helpfully glossed
(that is, the Middle English terms are defined), (3) and available in
several formats.
- The Electronic Library Foundation version
of the Canterbury Tales seems now to be offline. I'll check
periodically to see if it has been restored.
The University of Virginia and University of
Michigan Middle English editions, based on Robinson 1957, should be
suitable for undergraduate study, while graduate students
and scholars will be satisfied with the current academic standard, The
Riverside Chaucer.
3. On Using This Page
I have compiled a listing here of all online versions of
Chaucer's texts and noted their suitability for different levels of study and reading.
If I have missed an online version, please let me know and I'll add
it to the list.
4. Contents of This Page
5. The Recommended Primary Text List
1. The Canterbury Tales in Middle English
The
Complete Tales in Middle English (Robinson 1957) at the UVa
E-Text Center (1320 kb) or
access the Tales individually by the Table of Contents
The
Complete Tales in Middle English (Robinson 1957) at the U of Michigan
Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse or access the Tales individually by
the Table
of Contents
2. The Canterbury Tales 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.
Sinan Kökbugur's helpfully glossed hypertext Middle English rendition of the complete Canterbury Tales is available at the Librarius page.
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Contents in the left frame to click on a specific Tale, and difficult terms and phrases
are glossed in the lower frame.
The Litrix Reading Room translation
of the Canterbury Tales features rhyming couplets.
Skip
Knox's selection
of Canterbury Tales in Modern English (Boise State) includes the Prologue to the
Second Nun's Tale and the Second Nun's Tale
(from an unknown base text).
3. Other Online Chaucer Texts, Excluding the
Canterbury Tales
Anelida and Arcite
The Boece (Chaucer's
Translation of Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy )
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James J. O'Donnell's Latin
edition & commentary on the Consolatio
is available at the UVa E-Text Center.
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W.V. Cooper's translation of
The
Consolation of Philosophy (London: J.M. Dent, 1902) is
available at the UVa E-Text Center.
The Book of the Duchess
The Legend of Good Women
The House of Fame
The Parliament of Fowles
Troilus and Criseyde
The Short Poems Attributed to Chaucer in the
Manuscripts
The Unascribed Short Poems Taken to be
Chaucerian
A Treatise on the Astrolabe
The Equatorie of Planets
Google Academic Resources
Google Scholar
Google Book
Google Custom
Search:
I welcome your
suggestions for suitable websites. Please be patient as
I tune the search terms.
The
Poor Medieval Scholar's
Electronic Bookshelf
and
The
Electronic Canterbury Tales
Bookshop
This subpage of
the Electronic Canterbury Tales offers several
features:
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The Poor Scholar's
Electronic Bookshelf: No cost books (generally
older studies) available via the Google Books project and other
public online projects.
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The ECT Bookshop:
Scroll down to the Electronic
Canterbury Tales Bookshop (with recommended titles) hosted by
Amazon.com.
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Online Search Links
will take you to
major online booksellers and homepages to lesser-known but
excellent specialty bookshops.
I'll cross-list the
recommended Google Books on the appropriate webpage throughout the Electronic
Canterbury Tales under
Online Articles
& Books (on the expanded Electronic
Canterbury Tales - Kankedort.Net Index Page) and also detail them on the webpages devoted to specific Canterbury Tales or associated
pages).
This will be an ongoing
project, so check back periodically for new finds!
How to Document
Print & Electronic Sources:
The Chaucer Pedagogy
Documentation Primer
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The
Poor Medieval Scholar's Electronic Bookshelf
(no cost, older academic books, in .pdf
form from the
Google Library Project)
The
Electronic Canterbury Tales
Bookshop
(recommended books for the study of
Chaucer and Late-Medieval England, hosted by Amazon.com)
The
Kankedort
Gift Shoppe
(with many serious and some silly offerings for the medievalist in your
life)
About This Website
ECT
Revision
History:
What's New?
Headings,
Organization,
&
Criteria for Inclusion
Additional
Chaucer Pages in The Electronic Canterbury Tales
Chaucer the Pilgrim-Narrator & Author
Chaucer's "Orphan" Pilgrims
- Those without a Tale
The
Frame Tale, Later Continuations,
&
Chaucerian Apocrypha
Manuscripts,
Printed Editions, & Electronic Texts
Electronic
Chaucer Texts:
What's Available Online?
Chaucer
in / and Popular Culture
Troilus
and Criseyde
Documentation Primer
Chaucer Pedagogy Page
Major Medieval Conferences Websites
International
Congress on Medieval Studies (Western Michigan Univ. (Kalamazoo, MI)
International
Medieval Congress, Univ. of Leed (Leeds England)
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