The Canterbury Tales
$44.30
- Paperback
672 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2010
Summary
In the tradition of Robert Fagles’ The Odyssey and Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf, Burton Raffel’s major new translation of The Canterbury Tales, now in paperback.
Beyond its importance as a literary work of unvarnished genius, Geoffrey Chaucer’s unfinished epic poem is also one of the most beloved works in the English language—and for good reason— It is lively, absorbing, perceptive, and outrageously funny. But despite the brilliance of Chaucer’s work, the continual evolution of our languag…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812978452 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0812978455 |
| Author: | Geoffrey Chaucer, Burton Raffel, John Miles Foley |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 672 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2010 |
| Weight: | 561g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 133mm x 37mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
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Critics Review
“A delight … [Raffel’s translation] provides more opportunities to savor the counterpoint of Chaucer’s earthy humor against passages of piercingly beautiful lyric poetry.”—Kirkus Reviews“Masterly … This new translation beckons us to make our own pilgrimage back to the very wellsprings of literature in our language.” —Billy Collins“The Canterbury Tales has remained popular for seven centuries. It is the most approachable masterpiece of the medieval world, and Mr. Raffel’s translation makes the stories even more inviting.”—Wall Street Journal
About The Author
Geoffrey Chaucer
Peter G. Beidler is the Lucy G. Moses Distinguished Professor of English at Lehigh University. He is the author of a dozen books and more than 150 articles. In the summer of 2005 he directed a seminar for high school teachers on Chaucer’s Canterbury Comedies (the seminar was supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities). He and his wife Anne have four children.
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