MARGARET HALLISSY is Professor of English at C.W. Post College, Long Island University, where her specialty is Chaucer and medieval literature. She is the author of Clean Maids, True Wives, Steadfast Widows: Chaucer's Women and Medieval Codes of Conduct (Greenwood Press, 1993) and Venomous Woman: Fear of the Female in Literature (Greenwood Press, 1987).

• PrefaceChaucer's WorldChaucer's LanguageThe General PrologueThe Knight's TaleThe Miller's TaleThe Reeve's TaleThe Man of Law's TaleThe Wife of Bath's Prologue and TaleThe Friar's Prologue and TaleThe Summoner's Prologue and TaleThe Clerk's Prologue and TaleThe Merchant's TaleThe Franklin's TaleThe Physician's TaleThe Pardoner's Prologue and TaleThe Shipman's TaleThe Prioress' Prologue and TaleThe Nun's Priest's Prologue and TaleThe Second Nun's Prologue and TaleThe Canon's Yeoman's Prologue and TaleThe Manciple's Prologue and TaleChaucer's RetractionAppendix I: The LinksAppendix II: The Cook's Tale and the Squire's TaleAppendix III: The Tale of Sir ThomasAppendix IV: The Tale of MelibeeAppendix V: The Monk's TaleAppendix VI: The Parson's TaleCharacter IndexGeneral Index

MARGARET HALLISSY is Professor of English at C.W. Post College, Long Island University, where her specialty is Chaucer and medieval literature. She is the author of Clean Maids, True Wives, Steadfast Widows: Chaucer's Women and Medieval Codes of Conduct (Greenwood Press, 1993) and Venomous Woman: Fear of the Female in Literature (Greenwood Press, 1987).

• PrefaceChaucer's WorldChaucer's LanguageThe General PrologueThe Knight's TaleThe Miller's TaleThe Reeve's TaleThe Man of Law's TaleThe Wife of Bath's Prologue and TaleThe Friar's Prologue and TaleThe Summoner's Prologue and TaleThe Clerk's Prologue and TaleThe Merchant's TaleThe Franklin's TaleThe Physician's TaleThe Pardoner's Prologue and TaleThe Shipman's TaleThe Prioress' Prologue and TaleThe Nun's Priest's Prologue and TaleThe Second Nun's Prologue and TaleThe Canon's Yeoman's Prologue and TaleThe Manciple's Prologue and TaleChaucer's RetractionAppendix I: The LinksAppendix II: The Cook's Tale and the Squire's TaleAppendix III: The Tale of Sir ThomasAppendix IV: The Tale of MelibeeAppendix V: The Monk's TaleAppendix VI: The Parson's TaleCharacter IndexGeneral Index

MARGARET HALLISSY is Professor of English at C.W. Post College, Long Island University, where her specialty is Chaucer and medieval literature. She is the author of Clean Maids, True Wives, Steadfast Widows: Chaucer's Women and Medieval Codes of Conduct (Greenwood Press, 1993) and Venomous Woman: Fear of the Female in Literature (Greenwood Press, 1987).

• PrefaceChaucer's WorldChaucer's LanguageThe General PrologueThe Knight's TaleThe Miller's TaleThe Reeve's TaleThe Man of Law's TaleThe Wife of Bath's Prologue and TaleThe Friar's Prologue and TaleThe Summoner's Prologue and TaleThe Clerk's Prologue and TaleThe Merchant's TaleThe Franklin's TaleThe Physician's TaleThe Pardoner's Prologue and TaleThe Shipman's TaleThe Prioress' Prologue and TaleThe Nun's Priest's Prologue and TaleThe Second Nun's Prologue and TaleThe Canon's Yeoman's Prologue and TaleThe Manciple's Prologue and TaleChaucer's RetractionAppendix I: The LinksAppendix II: The Cook's Tale and the Squire's TaleAppendix III: The Tale of Sir ThomasAppendix IV: The Tale of MelibeeAppendix V: The Monk's TaleAppendix VI: The Parson's TaleCharacter IndexGeneral Index