About this title: Lively, absorbing, often outrageously funny, Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" is a work of genius, an undisputed classic that has held a special appeal for each generation of readers. "The Canterbury Tales" gather twenty-nine of literature's most enduring (and endearing) characters in a vivid group portrait that captures the full spectrum of medieval society, from the exalted Knight to the humble plowman. A graceful modren translation facing each page of the text allows the contemporary reader to enjoy the fast pace of these selections from "The Canterbury Tales" with the poetry of the Middle ...
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Description: Good. 1948-Paperback-Cover shows some shelf-wear. Text pages are appropriately age-tanned and contain no underlining, highlighting or margin markings except for previous owner's name written on inside front cover. Binding still solid. Excellent reference copy. ---Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780812000399ISBN:0812000390
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Binding: Glossy Softcover
Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc, Hauppauge, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1970
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Description: Very Good+ 0812000390 530pp A line-by-line presentation that offers both the uniqueness of Chaucer's art and the smooth reading of modern usage Faint ripple near fore-edge of last 100 pages, otherwise book is AS NEW. read more
Edition: REPRINTED FROM THE GLOBE EDITION
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MACMILLAN
Date Published: 1924
Description: NEAR VERY GOOD. No Jacket. FICTION. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. MACMILLAN. REPRINTED FROM THE GLOBE ED. EDITED BY ALFRED W. POLLARD. 772 PPS. NOTE ON FRONT END PAPER. VG. FEW PPS. CREASED. RED CLOTH BOARDS. TEXT IS CLEAN AND SECURE. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Date Published: 1977
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc
Date Published: 1970-06-01
ISBN-13:9780812000399ISBN:0812000390
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Edition: 2nd printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: E. P. Dutton, New York, NY
Date Published: 1909
Description: Good. No Jacket. Everyman's Library. Green boards with mild wear to corners and spine ends. Gilt spine decoration is still bright. Several instances of penciled notes in text. Binding good. 519 pages. Sewn binding, cloth over boards, 18 cm. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
ISBN-13:9780812000399ISBN:0812000390
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
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"9-12 grade - This work contains all the Tales that are exultant information on Chaucer's words that are unlikely to be known or understood in the way they were meant when he used them. In addition to the portrayal of the age of Chaucer in the tales themselves, the notes add wonderful flavor to them by explaining aspects of Chaucer's society that are behind what he is saying in the tales themselves and in his descriptions of the pilgrims. All told, one gets a wonderful sense of Chaucer's wry wit and an understanding of his age and its concerns and foibles that a translation without such information can hardly provide. A difficult read, but in the high school levels there are so many language arts skills that can be brought into alignment with this piece of work."
"One of my very favorite books of all time. I took a third year Chaucer class that covered his entire works, and The Canterbury Tales was the absolute highlight of the year. I fell in love with the style first; his Rhyme Royale, used in a few of his more serious tales, is set to a lovely rhythm.
The text I read was the original accompanied with copious notes; it was surprisingly easy to pick up on, and by the second or third story, I felt comfortable with the text. Once I got used to it, I truly grew to appreciate the beauty of how he utilizes middle english.
More than that, the stories are amazing and his range of styles is impressive for such an early writer. Comedies, like The Miller's Tale, which is essentially one long dirty joke, are among the most entertaining in The Canterbury Tales. Other stories are great sources of information regarding that period of British history, and others are enlightening towards attitudes about love, marriage, sexuality, religion, and spirituality."
"I've read both the Middle English (original) version and a few of the translated versions, and I've decided to go back to the original and revisit some of my favorite stories. The Tales, like Don Quixote, are one of those works that I'm *always* reading. They are lifetime books, in that there is always something new there, some nuance I've previously overlooked, some linguistic trick, some emotional capture...always something. Always. It is, I believe, probably one of the finest things ever written in the English language for a mass audience.
The book, in parts, is wickedly hysterical and bitingly satirical of the classes and cultural stratification of the era.
Chaucer died in 1400 without finishing the Tales, and the first printing of it wasn't 1476. Previous to the first press run, the only copies were handwritten manuscripts. The first serious attempt to restore the genuine text of the Canterbury Tales was made by Tyrwhitt in 1775, three hundred years after they were first printed by Caxton. Tyrwhitt's edition of the Canterbury Tales has enjoyed the highest reputation, and this is the version which I am currently reading."
"Before the beginning of each school year at Maine Township High School South we students had to go to pick up our books at the gymnasium ahead of time. Prior to the senior year I went alone and was very excited by the required texts. Having finished all my state requirements for graduation, I was only taking advanced placement courses and the texts were all college level.
One of them was Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in the original, albeit with copious notes. The middle English was daunting, but, inspired, I endeavoured to read the thing before the start of classes. Fortunately, Mother, raised with Norwegian as her natal tongue and German as her language of instruction, found Chaucerian English pretty easy, so, with her help I was able to get through the text. (A lot of the problem of reading middle English is solved if you just learn to sound it out and then read it aloud).
Then, with the beginning of classes, we got into the Chaucer. One of the first things we were told was to buy a version of Canterbury Tales translated into modern English at the bookstore..."
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