... not been written for three hundred years, very different form Anglo-Saxon. Rebirth of English literature. William Langland, priest: Piers Plowman. Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales: group of pilgrims travelling form London to the tomb of Thomas Becket at Canterbury. Each character tells story. Understanding of human nature: young and old, knight and peasant, townsman and countryman Education developed enormously Clerks started grammar schools ... where students could learn skills of reading and writing William Caxton's first English printing press, set up in 1476 First books: Chauc...

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• Grade Level: High School

Title: Ironic Incident in "The Pardoner's Tale" Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is a stroke of genius. He uses the religious pilgrimage to bring together an extremely diverse group of people who live in England during the Middle Ages. Through these religious pilgrims, Chaucer provides an insight into the society of his times. Chaucer brings together all the hypocrisies, virtues, and values of man during this time ... period with remarkable clarity. Chaucer's art is demonstrated through the use of irony. Each pilgrim tells tales which reveals society and has irony in it. "The Pardoner ... Pardoner...

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• Grade Level: High School