The Canterbury tales
| Main Author: | Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. |
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| Other Authors: | Boenig, Robert, 1948-, Taylor, Andrew, 1958- |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Middle English |
| Published: |
Peterborough, Ont. :
Broadview Press,
Ã2012.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: |
Broadview editions.
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| Subjects: |
| Item Description: |
" ... edition of the complete tales based on the famous Ellesmere Manuscript ... A sampling of facsimile pages from the original manuscript is also included, along with a selection of other works that give the reader a rich sense of the cultural, political, and literary worlds in which Chaucer lived"--Page 4 of cover. "The second edition includes a new Middle English glossary, a timeline of Chaucer's life and times, and detailed page headers showing the fragment and line numbers to assist readers in finding a specific section of the poem"--Page 4 of cover. |
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| Physical Description: |
510 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781554811069 (softcover) 1554811066 (softcover) |
| Author Notes: |
In 1359-1360 Chaucer traveled with King Edward III's army to France during the Hundred Years' War and was captured in Ardennes. He returned to England after the Treaty of Bretigny when the King paid his ransom. In 1366 he married Philippa Roet, one of Queen Philippa's ladies, who gave him two sons and two daughters. Chaucer remained in royal service traveling to Flanders, Italy, and Spain. These travels would all have a great influence on his work. His early writing was influenced by the French tradition of courtly love poetry, and his later work by the Italians, especially Dante, Boccaccio, and Petrarch. Chaucer wrote in Middle English, the form of English used from 1100 to about 1485. He is given the designation of the first English poet to use rhymed couplets in iambic pentameter and to compose successfully in the vernacular. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is a collection of humorous, bawdy, and poignant stories told by a group of fictional pilgrims traveling to the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket. It is considered to be among the masterpieces of literature. His works also include The Book of the Duchess, inspired by the death of John Gaunt's first wife; House of Fame, The Parliament of Fowls, and The Legend of Good Women. Troilus and Criseyde, adapted from a love story by Boccaccio, is one of his greatest poems apart from The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer died in London on October 25, 1400. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, in what is now called Poet's Corner. (Bowker Author Biography) |