TED-EdEverything you need to know to read “The Canterbury Tales” - Iseult Gillespie
2018 • E95 Oct 1, 2018 5m
A portly Miller, barely able to sit on his horse, rambles on about the flighty wife of a crotchety old carpenter and the scholar she takes as her lover. This might sound like a bawdy joke, but it’s part of one of the most esteemed works of English literature ever created: The Canterbury Tales. Iseult Gillespie shares everything you need to know to read Geoffrey Chaucer’s classic collection.
Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Anton Bogaty.
Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Anton Bogaty.