The Canterbury tales / Geoffrey Chaucer ; a verse translattion by David Wright ; with an introduction and notes by Christopher Cannon.
2011
PR1870.A1 W75 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
The Canterbury tales / Geoffrey Chaucer ; a verse translattion by David Wright ; with an introduction and notes by Christopher Cannon.
Author
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
Edition
New ed.
ISBN
9780199599028 (pbk.)
0199599025 (pbk.)
0199599025 (pbk.)
Publication Details
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
xxix, 517 p. ; 20 cm.
Call Number
PR1870.A1 W75 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
821.1
Summary
"Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales brings together an unforgettable group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, pilgrims who came from all ranks of society, from the crusading Knight and burly Miller to the worldly Monk and the famously lusty Wife of Bath. Their tales are as various as the tellers, including romance, bawdy comedy, beast fable, learned debate, parable, and Eastern adventure. The resulting collection gives us a set of characters so vivid that they have often been taken as portraits from real life, and a series of stories as hilarious in their comedy as they are affecting in their tragedy. Even after 600 years, their account of the human condition is fresh and true"--Publisher.
Note
First published: World's Classic paperback, 1986; Oxford World's Classics paperback, 1998; Reissued: 2008.
Added Author
Wright, David, 1920-1994.
Cannon, Christopher.
Cannon, Christopher.
Series
Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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