Talk:General Prologue (The Canterbury Tales)

Does this need to be a separate page? It could also be just a redirect to a section of a Canterbury Tales article. I'm not certain which is better, or if there's a policy guide for this sort of question. Sandy Harris 09:51, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi Sandy. The General Prologue is a distinct part of The Canterbury Tales. What I started here is only a lemma. A lot can be written about this part of The Canterbury Tales. I am planning to do so, and the same can be done with each separate tale. The article will contain a synopsis, a part about date and text, about themes, genre, Chaucer's sources, and so on. Putting all the things I have in mind in the article The Canterbury Tales would make that article far to long. Then someone would probably make the remark to divide it in more manageable pieces. Should there be an objection against this article about the General Prologue, I would appreciate to know about it, because my working on it would then be reasonless. Greetings Lin Barneveld 13:00, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Having managed to get through professor Wurtele's 4th year Chaucer course in one piece, I've no doubt people can come up with full length articles for each of the tales. However, I do have a problem with the title of the article. There are, believe it or not, other works which have general prologues. Ideally, the article title should specify that this is about the General Prologue of the Canterbury Tales. -Derek Hodges 13:32, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

You are right about that. Would General Prologue (The Canterbury Tales) be suitable? Lin Barneveld 13:50, 1 June 2010 (UTC)