The Canterbury Tales

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Middle English poem frame narrative literary work story collection

The Canterbury Tales is a landmark Middle English literary work comprising a series of stories told by pilgrims on a journey to Canterbury, celebrated for its vivid characterization and social satire.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
The Canterbury Tales canonical 45
Chaucerian canon 1
General Prologue 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle English poem ⓘ
frame narrative ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
story collection ⓘ
author Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
containsCharacter Cook ⓘ
Franklin ⓘ
Host Harry Bailly ⓘ
Knight ⓘ
Merchant ⓘ
Miller ⓘ
The Pardoner's Tale ⓘ
surface form: Pardoner

Parson ⓘ
Prioress ⓘ
Reeve ⓘ
Squire ⓘ
Summoner ⓘ
The Wife of Bath ⓘ
surface form: Wife of Bath
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dateWritten late 14th century ⓘ
destinationOfPilgrimage Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Shrine of Thomas Becket
frameStoryCharacters group of pilgrims ⓘ
genre allegory ⓘ
chivalric romance ⓘ
fabliau ⓘ
frame tale ⓘ
satire ⓘ
includesSection The Canterbury Tales self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: General Prologue
includesTale The Franklin's Tale ⓘ
The Knight's Tale ⓘ
The Merchant's Tale ⓘ
The Canterbury Tales self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Miller's Tale

The Nun's Priest's Tale ⓘ
The Pardoner's Tale ⓘ
The Prioress's Tale ⓘ
The Reeve's Tale ⓘ
The Summoner's Tale ⓘ
The Canterbury Tales self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Wife of Bath's Tale
influenced English literature ⓘ
language Middle English ⓘ
literaryMovement Middle English literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
manuscriptTradition multiple medieval manuscripts ⓘ
meter iambic pentameter (in many tales) ⓘ
narrator Chaucer the pilgrim ⓘ
notableFor social satire ⓘ
use of vernacular Middle English ⓘ
vivid characterization ⓘ
primaryLocation Canterbury ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
setting pilgrimage from London to Canterbury ⓘ
status unfinished work ⓘ
structure stories told by pilgrims ⓘ
verseForm rhyming couplets ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Geoffrey Chaucer → notableWork → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
Piers Plowman → comparedWith → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
The Waste Land → alludesTo → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
Canterbury Cathedral → associatedWork → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
Sydney Chaplin (son of Charlie Chaplin) → notableWork → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
Josephine Chaplin → notableWork → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
The Wife of Bath → inspiredBy → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
Canterbury, Kent, England → famousFor → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
Canterbury, Kent, England → hasLiteraryWorkSetIn → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
Parliament of Fowls → partOf → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chaucerian canon
Ricardian poets → associatedWithWork → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
John Lydgate → wroteInResponseTo → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales → includesSection → The Canterbury Tales self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Prologue
The Canterbury Tales → includesTale → The Canterbury Tales self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Miller's Tale
The Canterbury Tales → includesTale → The Canterbury Tales self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Wife of Bath's Tale
Metamorphoses by Apuleius → influenced → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
The Legend of Good Women → relatedWork → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
The House of Fame → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
Canterbury → famousFor → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
Billie Whitelaw → notableWork → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
The Decameron → influenceOn → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
William Caxton → printedWork → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
Pier Paolo Pasolini → notableWork → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
this entity surface form: I racconti di Canterbury
Pier Paolo Pasolini → notableWork → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
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subject surface form: Dunmow Flitch Trials
Cook → appearsIn → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
subject surface form: Cook (The Canterbury Tales)
Cook → firstAppearance → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
subject surface form: Cook (The Canterbury Tales)
this entity surface form: The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
Squire → appearsIn → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
Host Harry Bailly → appearsIn → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
The Knight's Tale → partOf → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
The Pardoner's Tale → partOf → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
The Pardoner's Tale → collection → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
The Franklin's Tale → partOf → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
The Summoner's Tale → partOf → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
Chaucer the pilgrim → appearsIn → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
Prioress → appearsIn → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
Merchant → appearsIn → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
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Parson → appearsIn → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
Summoner → appearsIn → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
Franklin → appearsIn → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
Reeve → appearsIn → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
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Reeve → fictionalUniverse → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
subject surface form: Reeve (The Canterbury Tales)
this entity surface form: The Canterbury Tales universe
The Nun's Priest's Tale → partOf → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
The Reeve's Tale → partOf → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
The Merchant's Tale → partOf → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
The Prioress's Tale → partOf → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
Book V → relatedWork → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
subject surface form: Book V (Vox Clamantis)
Thomas → notableWork → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
subject surface form: Tom Courtenay
this entity surface form: The Canterbury Tales (TV series)
Shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral → mentionedIn → The Canterbury Tales ⓘ