30 pilgrims were on the pilgrimage in the canterbury tales.
30 pilgrims were on the pilgrimage in the canterbury tales.
how many pilgrims were on the pilgrimage in the canterbury tales?
30
"the canterbury tales" is generally thought to have been incomplete at the end of chaucer's life. in the general prologue, some 30 pilgrims are introduced. according to the prologue, chaucer's intention was to write four stories from the perspective of each pilgrim, two each on the way to and from their ultimate destination, st. thomas becket's shrine (making for a total of about 120 stories). although perhaps incomplete, "the canterbury tales" is revered as one of the most important works in english literature. it is also open to a wide range of interpretations.









































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the canterbury tales
the concept of liminality figures prominently within "the canterbury tales". a liminal space, which can be both geographical as well as metaphorical or spiritual, is the transitional or transformational space between a “real” (secure, known, limited) world and an unknown or imaginary space of both risk and possibility. the notion of a pilgrimage is itself a liminal experience, because it centres on travel between destinations and because pilgrims undertake it hoping to become more holy in the process. thus, the structure of "the canterbury tales" itself is liminal; it not only covers the distance between london and canterbury, but the majority of the tales refer to places entirely outside the geography of the pilgrimage. jean jost summarises the function of liminality in "the canterbury tales",
the canterbury tales