Go home!”' 'That's a good idea,' answered the fox. Of course, when the fox opened his mouth to speak, he dropped Chaunticleer. The cock quickly flew up into a high tree. 'Oh, dear Sir Chaunticleer,' said the fox, as he looked up, ...
Even after 600 years, their account of the human condition seems both fresh and true. This new edition of David Wright's acclaimed translation includes a new critical introduction and invaluable notes by a leading Chaucer scholar.
The Canterbury Tales: Curriculum Unit
The Canterbury Tales: A Teacher Resource Unit
The Canterbury Tales: Curriculum Unit
'Come out for a walk, at least, and breathe the good sea air.' It was a bright day, but windy. The sea broke. The. Franklin's. Tale: Love. on. the. Rocks. The Magistrate's Tale: Snowy Crow. The Franklin's Tale: Love on the Rocks.
Johnson, William C. 341 Jones, Claude 252 Jones, Terry 42, 64-5, 116 Jordan, Robert M. 27, 78-9, 291, 318, 331, 338-9, ... 255 Hoccleve, Thomas 298, 299, 302, 343 Hoepffner, Ernest 160, 336 Hoffman, Arthur W. 46, 55, 58, 332 Hoffman, ...
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 ...
This facsimile edition is a complete reproduction of the most reliable of the medieval manuscripts of The Canterbury Tales-the Hengwrt Manuscript (or Peniarth 392 D), now in the National Library of Wales, in Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.
The Canterbury Tales
A group of pilgrims pass the time during their journey to Canterbury by telling each other stories.
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); ...
The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales contains the most vivid and familiar passages from medieval English literature. Chaucer's pilgrims form a complete cross-section of the society of his day from...
The classic collection of beloved tales, both sacred and profane, of travelers in medieval England. Complete and Unabridged.
Presents a translation of the fourteenth-century poem, in which a group of pilgrims pass the time during their journey to Canterbury by telling each other stories, into accessible, modern prose.
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.
Unfinished at the time of his death, The Canterbury Tales are here presented in their original Middle-English. This edition contains a wealth of material and over 3,000 notes which will help all students of Chaucer's masterpiece.
“This book has been more helpful to the students—both the better ones and the lesser ones—than any other book I have ever used in any of my classes in my more than a quarter century of university teaching.” —RICHARD L. KIRKWOOD, ...
The Canterbury Tales: A Play in Two Acts
"Criticism" includes nine essays, four of them new to this edition, by leading Chaucerians, among them F. R. H. DuBoulay, E. Talbot Donaldson, Barbara Nolani, and Lee Patterson.A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.