The Canterbury Tales

Fifteenth-Century Continuations and Additions

Edited by John M. Bowers

Book cover: The Canterbury Tales

Extent: 208 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: TEAMS Middle English Texts Series

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(September 1992)

ISBN: 9781879288232

7.01 x 10 inches

Price: $19.95

In stock

PDF (Published)

(September 1992)

ISBN: 9781580444613

Price: $16.00

When Chaucer died in 1400, the Canterbury Tales, was unfinished and unpublished. This volume includes five works that aim to fill in the gaps. Chaucerian apocrypha collected into one student-friendly edition, including introductions, notes, glosses, and a glossary to accommodate students of all levels of experience in Middle English.


When Geoffrey Chaucer died in 1400, his massive project, the Canterbury Tales, lay unfinished and unpublished. This volume includes five works that aim to fill in the gaps in this incomplete masterpiece. The pieces presented here date from the fifteenth century and survive in at least one manuscript collection of Chaucer’s tales: John Lydgate’s Prologue to the Siege of Thebes, The Ploughman’s Tale, The Cook’s Tale, Spurious Links, and The Canterbury Interlude and Merchant’s Tale of Beryn. These pieces of Chaucerian apocrypha have been collected into one student-friendly edition, including introductions, notes, glosses, and a glossary to accommodate students of all levels of experience in Middle English.

Preface General Introduction John Lydgate's Prologue to the Siege of Thebes The Ploughman's Tale The Cook's Tale Spurious Links The Canterbury Interlude and Merchant's Tale of Beryn Glossary, Preface
General Introduction

John Lydgate's Prologue to the Siege of Thebes

The Ploughman's Tale

The Cook's Tale

Spurious Links

The Canterbury Interlude and Merchant's Tale of Beryn

Glossary
  • Edited by John M. Bowers