Download or read book The Canterbury Tales written by Helen Cooper and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its first publication in 1989, Helen Cooper's guide to The Canterbury Tales has established itself as the standard work on the poem. This second edition continues to offer the most comprehensive scrutiny of the Tales both as a whole and individually. In addition, Cooper incorporates themost significant recent scholarship and criticism, reflecting current research in the areas of Chaucer's historical and social context and developments in the interpretation of Chaucer's presentation of women.