The Canterbury Tales

Title

en_US The Canterbury Tales

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Geraldine McCaughream

Creator

en_US Ambrus, Victor G. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Ambrus, Victor G.

Date

2016-01-25T15:38:02Z

en_US 2014-06

en_US 1985

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:38:02Z

Date Issued

en_US 1985

Abstract

en_US First published in 1984 by Oxford University Press. This book helps students contextualize and visualize the stories of this great work. The Nun's Priest's Tale is introduced nicely on 26-27 with an all-too-precious Eglantine and some involvement from the Oxford student. The picture shared on the upper half of these two pages helps. The story itself is well titled: Nightmare Beast of the Firebrand Tail. I find the story very well told here. If you have ever heard the voices of a cock and a hen, I daresay you can imagine just how sweetly those two sang! I can imagine! Chanticleer telling Pertelote of his dream has this kind of imagination: I dreamed I was in the terraced gardens of this palace of ours. I was strolling between the ornamental lake and the maze, taking the air and viewing our estates. Indeed! What Pertelote here recommends is, very nicely, prunes. Made passionate by their argument, Chanticleer tries to embrace her but tumbles off the perch. Just right. The illustrations do this good telling of the tale justice. For example, the fox on 32 is all red. The chase on 34-35 is particularly well done. When Chanticleer has got free and the fox asks him to jump down and sing again, Chanticleer, in Latin I have never heard, answers Semel insanivimus omnes. We have all been crazy once. He translates for Renard What kind of a dumb-cluck do you take me for? This is fun. There is one more level of engagement here. At the end of his tale, Brother John asks Chaucer if he did not do well. Chaucer is riding with the group too.

Identifier

en_US 9780528826733

en_US 10131 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76119

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Rand McNally

en_US Chicago, IL

Subject

en_US PR1872 .M28 1985 See all items with this value

en_US Canterbury Tales See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole