A Commentary on the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
First edition
Author	Muriel Bowden
Language	English
Subject	The Canterbury Tales
Published	1948 (The Macmillan Company)
Publication place	United States
Pages	316
OCLC	350912
Dewey Decimal	821.17
LC Class	PR1868.P8 B6

A Commentary on the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales is a 1948 doctoral dissertation by Muriel Bowden that examines historical backgrounds to characters in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales within the context of its General Prologue.

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Bloomfield, Morton W. (March 1950). "Reviews: A Commentary on the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales". Modern Language Quarterly. 11 (1). Duke University Press: 105–106. doi:10.1215/00267929-11-1-105.
Bryant, Margaret (December 1949). "New Books: Chaucer's Pilgrims". College English. 11 (3). National Council of Teachers of English: 169. doi:10.2307/585986. JSTOR 585986. (subscription required)
Galway, Margaret (October 1950). "Book Reviews: A Commentary on the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales". The Review of English Studies. 1 (4). Oxford University Press: 357–358. doi:10.1093/res/I.1.357. JSTOR 510792. (subscription required)
Housman, John E. (June 1949). "Reviews of Books: Dr. Muriel Bowden: A Commentary on the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales". English. 7 (41). Oxford University Press: 240–241. doi:10.1093/english/7.41.240.
Kane, George (July 1950). "Reviews: A Commentary on the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales". The Modern Language Review. 45 (3). Modern Humanities Research Association: 363–368. doi:10.2307/3718517. JSTOR 3718517. (subscription required)
Hulbert, James R. (February 1949). "Reviews: A Commentary on the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales". Modern Philology. 46 (3). University of Chicago Press: 204–205. doi:10.1086/388803. JSTOR 435535. (subscription required)
Llewellyn, R. H. (January 1950). "Reviews: A Commentary on the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales". Speculum. 25 (1). Medieval Academy of America: 124–126. doi:10.2307/2850013. JSTOR 2850013. (subscription required)
Patch, Howard R. (January 1950). "A Commentary on the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales". Modern Language Notes. 65 (1). Johns Hopkins University Press: 64–66. doi:10.2307/2909332. JSTOR 2909332. (subscription required)

v t e Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Order of The Canterbury Tales	General Prologue The Knight's Tale The Miller's Tale The Reeve's Tale The Cook's Tale The Man of Law's Tale The Wife of Bath's Tale The Friar's Tale The Summoner's Tale The Clerk's Tale The Merchant's Tale The Squire's Tale The Franklin's Tale The Physician's Tale The Pardoner's Tale The Shipman's Tale The Prioress's Tale Sir Thopas The Tale of Melibee The Monk's Tale The Nun's Priest's Tale The Second Nun's Tale The Canon's Yeoman's Tale The Manciple's Tale The Parson's Tale
Addenda	The Plowman's Tale The Tale of Gamelyn Siege of Thebes Prologue and Tale of Beryn
Films	The Canterbury Tales (1972)
Stage and music	The Two Noble Kinsmen (1634 play) The Canterbury Pilgrims (De Koven) (1917 opera) Canterbury Tales (1964 musical)
Television	Trinity Tales (1975) Canterbury Tales (2003)
Literature	The Canterbury Puzzles A Commentary on the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
Single tale derivations	The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle Chanticleer and the Fox The Book of the Dun Cow Palamon and Arcite (Edwardes) "Palamon and Arcite" (Dryden) God Spede the Plough "The Pilgrim's Tale"
Related	Chaucer's Retraction Descriptive Catalogue Ellesmere Chaucer "Have a nice day" Hengwrt Chaucer The Tabard