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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819896803321

Autore

Chaucer Geoffrey -1400

Titolo

The Canterbury Tales [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 1986

ISBN

1-283-16018-8

9786613160188

0-19-158586-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (548 p.)

Collana

Oxford World's Classics

Altri autori (Persone)

WrightDavid

Disciplina

821.1

Soggetti

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. Canterbury tales

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature

Storytelling in literature

Tales, Medieval -- History and criticism

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - Canterbury - England

English

Languages & Literatures

English Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Note on the Translation; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Geoffrey Chaucer; THE CANTERBURY TALES; Fragment I: (Group A); Fragment II: (Group B1); Fragment III: (Group D); Fragment IV: (Group E); Fragment V: (Group F); Fragment VI: (Group C); Fragment VII: (Group B2); Fragment VIII: (Group G); Fragment IX: (Group H); Fragment X: (Group I); Explanatory Notes

Sommario/riassunto

David Wright's new translation of The Canterbury Tales into modern verse--the first to appear in over thirty years--makes one of the greatest works of English literature accessible to all readers while preserving the wit and vivacity of Chaucer's original text.