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A Distinction of Stories

The Medieval Unity of Chaucer’s Fair Chain of Narratives for Canterbury

Judson Boyce Allen and Theresa Anne Moritz

Frontmatter and Preface

Part I: Definitions and Structures
1: Axioms of Unity and Their Consequences
2: Medieval Notions of Story
3: Medieval Notions of Structure

Part II: A Reading of the Tales
4: The Natural Group
5: The Tales of Magic
6: The Moral Group
7: The Varieties of Interpretation

Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

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