![]() ![]() The Canterbury Tales is generally thought to have been incomplete at the end of Chaucer's life. It is unclear to what extent Chaucer was seminal in this evolution of literary preference. ![]() English had, however, been used as a literary language centuries before Chaucer's time, and several of Chaucer's contemporaries- John Gower, William Langland, the Pearl Poet, and Julian of Norwich-also wrote major literary works in English. It has been suggested that the greatest contribution of The Canterbury Tales to English literature was the popularisation of the English vernacular in mainstream literature, as opposed to French, Italian or Latin. The prize for this contest is a free meal at the Tabard Inn at Southwark on their return. ![]() The tales (mostly written in verse, although some are in prose) are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together from London to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. It is widely regarded as Chaucer's magnum opus. The Canterbury Tales ( Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of twenty-four stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 13. ![]()
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