The Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio · Medieval / Renaissance · Story collection
Medieval · Story collection, poetry
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer. Pilgrims from across English society tell tales that reveal competing values, voices, hypocrisies, and desires.
- Date
- c. 1387–1400
- Origin
- England
- Era
- Medieval
- Genre
- Story collection, poetry
- Difficulty
- Challenging
- Length
- Very long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
Pilgrims from across English society tell tales that reveal competing values, voices, hypocrisies, and desires.
This work is included in the collection on the basis of great books / bloom / harvard. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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