Link: https://opencanterburytales.dsl.lsu.edu/
Project Status: Ongoing
The Open Access Companion to the Canterbury Tales is a free resource for the study of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales written and curated by professional scholars of medieval literature. The project is imagined as a resource for undergraduate and graduate students encountering the Tales early in their academic careers. Teachers of Middle English literature may find the essays particularly useful and approachable for classroom use. Articles comprise essays and reference chapters. Essays cover a topic of import to Chaucer’s work, for example “Sisterhood and Brotherhood in the Knight’s Tale,” whereas reference chapters treat foundational cultural topics, like manuscripts and everyday life.
All of the texts on the Companion’s site are freely available and peer reviewed by scholars of Middle English literature.
Resource details:
Resource Type: Teaching Resources, Text: Modern
License: Creative Commons, Must provide credit, No Fee
Modern Language: English
Medieval content details:
Dates: 1300 - 1500
Type/Genre of Medieval Primary Source Material: Art and Artifacts, Literature, Manuscripts, Material Evidence, Textual Evidence, Verse
Geopolitical Region: British Isles and Ireland, England, Europe
Original Language: English, Middle English
Geoffrey Chaucer is the primary medieval creator.