The Canterbury Tales
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Author | : Peter Ackroyd |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2009-10-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101155639 |
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A fresh, modern prose retelling captures the vigorous and bawdy spirit of Chaucer’s classic Renowned critic, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents the work in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to modern readers while preserving the spirit of the original. A mirror for medieval society, Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales concerns a motley group of pilgrims who meet in a London inn on their way to Canterbury and agree to take part in a storytelling competition. Ranging from comedy to tragedy, pious sermon to ribald farce, heroic adventure to passionate romance, the tales serve not only as a summation of the sensibility of the Middle Ages but as a representation of the drama of the human condition. Ackroyd’s contemporary prose emphasizes the humanity of these characters—as well as explicitly rendering the naughty good humor of the writer whose comedy influenced Fielding and Dickens—yet still masterfully evokes the euphonies and harmonies of Chaucer’s verse. This retelling is sure to delight modern readers and bring a new appreciation to those already familiar with the classic tales.
Author | : Geoffrey Chaucer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1903 |
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Author | : Geoffrey Chaucer |
Publisher | : Prestwick House Inc |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages |
ISBN | : 1608439356 |
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Author | : Geoffrey Chaucer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 1775 |
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Author | : Gerald J. Davis |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2016-06-18 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1365188019 |
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The classic collection of beloved tales, both sacred and profane, of travelers in medieval England. Complete and Unabridged.
Author | : Geoffrey Chaucer |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 529 |
Release | : 2003-02-04 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 0140424385 |
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Nevill Coghill’s masterly and vivid modern English verse translation with all the vigor and poetry of Chaucer’s fourteenth-century Middle English A Penguin Classic In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce. A story-telling competition between a group of pilgrims from all walks of life is the occasion for a series of tales that range from the Knight’s account of courtly love and the ebullient Wife of Bath’s Arthurian legend, to the ribald anecdotes of the Miller and the Cook. Rich and diverse, The Canterbury Tales offer us an unrivalled glimpse into the life and mind of medieval England. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author | : Geoffrey Chaucer |
Publisher | : Wadsworth Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Canterbury (England) |
ISBN | : 9780838457085 |
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The Canterbury Tales has succeeded in cementing a place as one of the earliest masterpieces of English literature. Including plates from the celebrated Kelmscott Chaucer.
Author | : Geoffrey Chaucer |
Publisher | : OXFORD |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009-12-17 |
Genre | : Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages |
ISBN | : 9780194247580 |
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A retelling of five of Chaucer's classic tales in simplified language for new readers. Includes activities to enhance reading comprehension and improve vocabulary.
Author | : Manish Sharma |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2022-04-27 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1487539568 |
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The Logic of Love in The Canterbury Tales argues that Geoffrey Chaucer’s magnum opus draws inventively on the resources of late medieval logic to conceive of love as an "insoluble." Philosophers of the fourteenth century expended great effort to solve insolubilia, like the notorious Liar paradox, in order to decide upon their truth or falsity. For Chaucer, however, and in keeping with Christ’s admonition from the Sermon on the Mount, the lover does not judge – does not decide on – the beloved. Through a series of detailed and rigorously "non-judgmental" readings, Manish Sharma provides new insight into each of the prologues and tales and intervenes into scholarly debates about their collective import. In so doing, The Logic of Love in The Canterbury Tales deploys Chaucer’s understanding of charity to consider the limitations of modern critical approaches to The Canterbury Tales, including deconstruction, psychoanalysis, and gender theory. In the course of the analysis, Sharma shows not only how love and medieval philosophy together inform Chaucerian composition, but also how Chaucer could serve as a resource for contemporary theoretical reflections on love and ethics.
Author | : Geoffrey Chaucer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 1896 |
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