The Canterbury tales / Geoffrey Chaucer.
2007
PR1866 .T58 2007
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Title
The Canterbury tales / Geoffrey Chaucer.
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ISBN
1593080808
9781593080808
9781593080808
Imprint
New York : Barnes & Noble Classic, c2007, 2006.
Description
xlii, 866 p. ; 21 cm.
Exhibited
2008 Poets House Showcase
Call Number
PR1866 .T58 2007
Summary
Pilgrims on their way to worship at the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket in Canterbury stop at the Tabard Inn. They represent a cross-section of medieval English society. To amuse themselves on their journey, they agree that each will tall a tale that really tells much about each individual. This is often called the first book of peotry written in English.
Note
In original Chaucerian English with a facing-page madern translation by Peter Tuttle; Selected, with an introducation and notes by Robert W. Hanning.
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