By Margery Hannah
What non-Biblical book competes with Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales? I discovered Chaucer’s masterpiece back in Honors English 102 at WSU, courtesy of Dr. William Woods, and the lessons of honor, integrity and knighthood have since with me remained. From its poetic prowess to its cultural notations, The Canterbury Tales is a medieval kindle still lit by the wisdom of Chaucer’s descriptions of competing storytellers and their twenty-four tales, both representative of the different social classes. Never has an unfinished book been so complete.
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Chelle A. Carter-Wilson
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