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The Canterbury tales

Geoffrey Chaucer ; a new modern English prose translation by R.M. Lumiansky ; preface by Mark van Doren ; illustrations by H. Lawrence Hoffman

(Pocket books)

Washington Square Press, 1971, c1954

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Description

Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work. The procession that crosses Chaucer's pages is as full of life and as richly textured as a medieval tapestry. The Knight, the Miller, the Friar, the Squire, the Prioress, the Wife of Bath, and others who make up the cast of characters-including Chaucer himself-are real people, with human emotions and weaknesses. When it is remembered that Chaucer wrote in English at a time when Latin was the standard literary language across western Europe, the magnitude of his achievement is even more remarkable. But Chaucer's genius needs no historical introduction; it bursts forth from every page of The Canterbury Tales.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA47015264
  • ISBN
    • 0671727699
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxix, 383 p.
  • Size
    18 cm
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