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Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Prestwick House Inc
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
ISBN : 9781608439355
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1992-06-30
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780679409892
The precise, unerring, delicately emphatic characterizations for which The Canterbury Tales is so famous are no more extraordinary than Chaucer’s utter mastery of English rhythms and his effortless versification. Ranging from animal fables to miniature epics of courtly love and savagely hilarious comedies of sexual comeuppance, these stories told by pilgrims on the way to the shrine of Thomas à Becket in Canterbury reveal a teeming, vital fourteenth-century English society on the verge of its Renaissance. These tales bring together a band of pilgrims who represented most of the occupations and social groups of the time. The diversity of the narrators in turn made possible a varied collection of tales including chivalric romance, spiritual allegory, courtly lay, beast fable and literary satire.
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Bantam Classics
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1982-02-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780553210828
Lively, absorbing, often outrageously funny, Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is a work of genius, an undisputed classic that has held a special appeal for each generation of readers. The Tales gathers twenty-nine of literature’s most enduring (and endearing) characters in a vivid group portrait that captures the full spectrum of medieval society, from the exalted Knight to the humble Plowman. This new edition includes a comprehensive introduction that summarizes some of the most important historical events and movements that defined the world of Chaucer and his pilgrims; two additional tales (Reeve’s and Shipman’s); introductions for each tale designed to prepare the reader for a better understanding and enjoyment of the tale; newly written and conveniently placed explanatory notes; and a new, more easily understood system for learning to pronounce Chaucerian Middle English.
Author : Chaucer, Geoffrey
Publisher : Prestwick House Inc
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Canterbury (England)
ISBN : 1580495206
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer,Thomas Tyrwhitt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1534780149
The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer. In 1386, Chaucer became Controller of Customs and Justice of Peace and, three years later, Clerk of the King's work in 1389. It was during these years that Chaucer began working on his most famous text, The Canterbury Tales. The tales (mostly written in verse, although some are in prose) are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from London to Canterbury in order to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The prize for this contest is a free meal at the Tabard Inn at Southwark on their return.After a long list of works written earlier in his career, including Troilus and Criseyde, House of Fame, and Parliament of Fowls, The Canterbury Tales is near-unanimously seen as Chaucer's magnum opus. He uses the tales and the descriptions of its characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society at the time, and particularly of the Church. Chaucer's use of such a wide range of classes and types of people was without precedent in English. Although the characters are fictional, they still offer a variety of insights into the customs and practices of the time. Often, such insight leads to a variety of discussions and disagreements among people in the 14th century. For example, although various social classes are represented in these stories and all of the pilgrims are on a spiritual quest, it is apparent that they are more concerned with worldly things than spiritual. Structurally, the collection resembles The Decameron, which Chaucer may have read during his first diplomatic mission to Italy in 1372.It is sometimes argued that the greatest contribution The Canterbury Tales made to English literature was in popularising the literary use of the vernacular, English, rather than French, Italian or Latin. English had, however, been used as a literary language centuries before Chaucer's time, and several of Chaucer's contemporaries-John Gower, William Langland, the Pearl Poet, and Julian of Norwich-also wrote major literary works in English. It is unclear to what extent Chaucer was responsible for starting a trend as opposed to simply being part of it.While Chaucer clearly states the addressees of many of his poems, the intended audience of The Canterbury Tales is more difficult to determine. Chaucer was a courtier, leading some to believe that he was mainly a court poet who wrote exclusively for nobility.
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1847
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PSU:000000010146
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1072 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044020397048
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1775
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BCUL:1092315787
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1608439364
Teach Chaucer's Middle English classic, Canterbury Tales, and give your students an introduction any number of genres, themes, and linguistic styles! Students will explore tales that range from the bawdy Miller's tale to the story of a humble Nun through the eyes of Chaucer's pilgrims as they make their way to Canterbury.
Author : Robert J. Meyer-Lee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108485661
Introduction: Canterbury tales IV-V and literary value -- Clerk -- Merchant -- Squire -- Franklin.
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015004167345
Author : Wendy Harding
Publisher : Presses Univ. du Mirail
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 2858167052
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer,Thomas Tyrwhitt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1798
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433000180053
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 172482211X
The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400.In 1386, Chaucer became Controller of Customs and Justice of Peace and, in 1389, Clerk of the King's work.It was during these years that Chaucer began working on his most famous text, The Canterbury Tales.
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer,Frank Ernest Hill,William Morris,Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
ISBN : 0572033842
? From the bawdy Wife of Bath?s tale to the riddle set by the Franklin, The Canterbury Tales is a classic that most people will want to own for themselves, and this particular translation makes for an easily accessible, entertaining read.? The wonderful illustrations are by the ever-popular re-Raphaelites, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones.? With a well-written introduction by English literature scholar Anne Rooney, this edition of The Canterbury Tales is a wonderful book to own and to give as a gift.