tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post1441157821276918955..comments2024-02-09T16:13:32.416-08:00Comments on Classical Carousel: The Canterbury Tales ~~ The Clerk's Prologue and TaleCleohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-20424017421385284052015-09-03T08:07:11.688-07:002015-09-03T08:07:11.688-07:00Thanks, R.T. I'll check it out.Thanks, R.T. I'll check it out.Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-10341458507706963872015-09-02T12:17:32.181-07:002015-09-02T12:17:32.181-07:00As you are off on your Chaucer pilgrimage, I invit...As you are off on your Chaucer pilgrimage, I invite you also to consider a different kind of pilgrimage discussion at Beyond Eastrod:<br /><br />http://beyondeastrod.blogspot.com/2015/09/pilgrims-in-andalusia-trappist.htmlR.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-45512945626563775862015-09-01T17:29:52.254-07:002015-09-01T17:29:52.254-07:00There are different manuscripts and different frag...There are different manuscripts and different fragments existing for the tales. Our reading schedule is based on the Thomas Tyrwhitt manuscript. You can find a further explanation here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_The_Canterbury_Tales I don't think that it really matters. In this case, I'm just following O's lead. :-DCleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-77713940708754311102015-09-01T17:24:04.275-07:002015-09-01T17:24:04.275-07:00Wouldn't The Wife of Bath and Walter be hilari...Wouldn't The Wife of Bath and Walter be hilarious together?!! Who would win? I'd vote for the Wife. Someone should write a book about it.<br /><br />I certainly understand how you could say that you love all of Chaucer's tales; it would be easier to pick a "least favourite" than a "most favourite"!Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-59490768015668377852015-09-01T13:33:44.634-07:002015-09-01T13:33:44.634-07:00I have the book next to me and getting myself re...I have the book next to me and getting myself ready to start the book. I see you have been studying the table of contents and see you went from The Man of Law's Tale -- to The Wife of Bath. Must I read the tales following the table of contents ....are may i just choose a tale at random? <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-20987284622910557472015-09-01T12:47:42.598-07:002015-09-01T12:47:42.598-07:00I loved this one (I know I always say that!). And ...I loved this one (I know I always say that!). And thanks for including those Bible references - very helpful :)<br /><br />Would love to see how the Wife of Bath would have reacted to Walter... :)ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245931629228090133noreply@blogger.com