Host Harry Bailly
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Host Harry Bailly is the jovial, outspoken innkeeper who organizes and presides over the storytelling contest in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Host Harry Bailly canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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host ⓘ innkeeper ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| appearsInSection |
The General Prologue
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surface form:
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
|
| associatedWithEvent | pilgrimage to Canterbury ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation | Southwark ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
authoritative
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boisterous ⓘ good-humored ⓘ jovial ⓘ outspoken ⓘ |
| controlsTurnTaking | decides the order of the pilgrims’ tales ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| createdBy | Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ |
| enforcesRulesOn | pilgrims in the storytelling contest ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The General Prologue
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surface form:
General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales
|
| genre | medieval frame narrative ⓘ |
| hostOf | Tabard Inn ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
Cook
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Friar ⓘ Knight ⓘ Miller ⓘ Pardoner ⓘ Parson ⓘ Prioress ⓘ Summoner ⓘ The Wife of Bath ⓘ
surface form:
Wife of Bath
|
| judges | tales told by the pilgrims ⓘ |
| judgingCriteria | tales of best sentence and most solas ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Middle English
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surface form:
Middle English literature
|
| medium | poetry ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | framing device for the pilgrims’ tales ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
authority figure among the pilgrims
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comic figure ⓘ |
| occupation | innkeeper ⓘ |
| offersPrize | free supper at the Tabard Inn ⓘ |
| partOfWork | frame narrative of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| proposes | storytelling contest ⓘ |
| residence | Tabard Inn ⓘ |
| role |
organizer of the storytelling contest
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presider over the storytelling contest ⓘ |
| setsRule |
each pilgrim tells two tales on the way back from Canterbury
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each pilgrim tells two tales on the way to Canterbury ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalSetting | 14th century England ⓘ |
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