The Cook's Prologue
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"The Cook's Prologue" is a brief introductory passage in Geoffrey Chaucer's *The Canterbury Tales* that sets up the Cook’s interrupted and incomplete tale during the pilgrims’ storytelling journey.
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary prologue
ⓘ
part of a frame narrative ⓘ |
| author | Geoffrey Chaucer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | fragment I of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| describes |
the Cook's reaction to the Reeve's Tale
ⓘ
the Host encouraging the Cook to tell a tale ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | the Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic prologue
ⓘ
frame narrative passage ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | prologue to a tale ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
characterization through dialogue
ⓘ
humor ⓘ irony ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Middle English literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manuscriptTradition | varies among Canterbury Tales manuscripts ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
introduces the Cook's Tale
ⓘ
links the Knight–Miller–Reeve sequence to the Cook's Tale ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first-person pilgrim narrator ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Middle English ⓘ |
| partOf | The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInWork |
follows the Reeve's Tale
ⓘ
precedes the Cook's Tale ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Cook's Tale
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Miller's Prologue and Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ The Reeve's Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | pilgrimage from London to Canterbury ⓘ |
| theme |
drunkenness
ⓘ
professional reputation ⓘ social satire ⓘ storytelling competition ⓘ |
| verseForm | rhymed couplets ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cook (The Canterbury Tales)
subject surface form:
Cook (The Canterbury Tales)