The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer: A Selection

Title

en_US The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer: A Selection

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US First American edition

en_US Retold by Selina Hastings

Creator

en_US Chaucer, Geoffrey See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Cartwright, Reg

Date

2016-01-25T15:47:44Z

en_US 2013-08

en_US 1988

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:47:44Z

Date Issued

en_US 1988

Abstract

en_US This is a large-format book with pleasant illlustrations that are a combination of contemporary (with Chaucer) and primitive. There is in them, for example, no attempt at depth or dimensionality. In the beginning T of C, characters who tell the stories are seated on horseback. Each of sesven gets an introduction as well as a tale. The selection is, I believe, good: Knight, Miller, Reeve, Nun's Priest, Pardoner, Wife of Bath, and Franklin tell their tales. The story of The Nun's Priest's Tale is faithful to Chaucer's version but excises a number of the medical and scientific authorities that Chanticleer and Pertelote quote to each other. One good illustration, on 47, shows Chanticleer side by side with Pertelote. A final illustration has the fox glaring up at Chanticleer, now safely ensconced in a tree (51).

Identifier

en_US 9780805009040

en_US 9932 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76742

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Henry Holt and Company

en_US New York

Subject

en_US PR1872.H27 1988 See all items with this value

en_US Chaucer See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole