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1	Canterbury Tales more books like this by Geoffrey Chaucer add to wishlist The "Canterbury Tales" were originally planned to include over 100 stories, but Chaucer completed only 22. The device of using a pilgrimage as a setting for the telling of tales was not uncommon--medieval pilgrims traditionally told stories to liven up the long trek--but Chaucer's version is infinitely more sophisticated, matching the teller and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Mabinogion more books like this by Jeffrey Gantz (Designer) add to wishlist Drawing on myth, folklore and history, the stories of the "Mabinogion" passed from generations of storytellers before they were written down in the thirteenth century in the form we know. Set in dual realms of the forests and valleys of Wales and the shadowy otherworld, the tales are permeated by a dreamlike atmosphere. In "Math Son of Mathonwy" ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (Selected): An Interlinear Translation more books like this by Geoffrey Chaucer, Vincent F Hopper (Translator) add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.57! \| SVS
4	The Canterbury Tales: Fifteen Tales and the General Prologue more books like this by Geoffrey Chaucer, V A Kolve (Editor), Glending Olson (Editor) add to wishlist The most admired of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales are presented here in the original language but with spelling and annotations for modern readers. Sources and background information are included for the General Prologue and for most of the tales, enabling students to understand them in the light of relevant mediaeval ideas and attitudes. Nine ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $16.27! \| SVS
5	Mabinogi and Other Medieval Welsh Tales more books like this by Patrick K Ford (Editor) add to wishlist The title "Mabinogi" refers to the first four stories in this collection of tales from Welsh tradition. They are best known as the "Four Branches of the Mabinogi," and comprise the tales of Pwyll, Branwen, Manawydan, and Math. The remaining stories also spring from the same tree, and together they form a collection that comprises the core of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Mabinogion more books like this by Gwyn Jones add to wishlist A medieval folk-saga originally recited orally by Welsh bards, THE MABINOGION consists of 11 stories about King Pwyll, his wife Rhiannon, and their son Pryderi. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Favorite Medieval Tales more books like this by Mary Pope Osborne, Troy Howell (Illustrator) add to wishlist IN see all copies from $3.69! new only from $15.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Selected Canterbury Tales more books like this by Geoffrey Chaucer add to wishlist Delightful collection includes the General Prologue plus three of the most popular tales: "The Knight's Tale," "The Miller's Prologue and Tale," and "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale." In modern English. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
9	Snow White and Rose Red more books like this by Patricia C Wrede add to wishlist "A romantic and charming retelling of the Brothers Grimm tale. Wrede uses language appropriate to the period and nicely evokes both medieval England and a magic land".--Publishers Weekly. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Medieval Russian Epics, Chronicles and Tales more books like this by Serge A Zenkovsky add to wishlist see all copies from $2.93! new only from $10.00!
11 view cover	The Mabinogion more books like this by Sioned Davies (Translator) add to wishlist 'I cannot be killed indoors,' he said, 'nor out of doors; I cannot be killed on horseback, nor on foot.' 'Well,' she said, 'how can you be killed?' Celtic mythology, Arthurian romance, and an intriguing interpretation of British history - these are just some of the themes embraced by the anonymous authors of the eleven tales that make up the Welsh ... see all copies from $7.05! new only from $8.15! \| SVS
12 view cover	The Canterbury Tales: A Selection more books like this by Geoffrey Chaucer, Frank Grady (Foreword by) add to wishlist The "Canterbury Tales" were originally planned to include over 100 stories, but Chaucer completed only 22. The device of using a pilgrimage as a setting for the telling of tales was not uncommon--medieval pilgrims traditionally told stories to liven up the long trek--but Chaucer's version is infinitely more sophisticated, matching the teller and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Geoffrey Chaucer's the Canterbury Tales: A Casebook more books like this by Lee Patterson (Editor) add to wishlist The ten essays selected for this book illuminate the central themes of the most frequently taught "Canterbury Tales". These texts are appropriate for undergraduates and general readers and were edited carefully to ensure that references and allusions are explained in footnotes. Theoretical excursus and critical jousting have been either simplified ... see all copies from $11.25! new only from $31.69! \| SVS
14 view cover	Curious Myths of the Middle Ages more books like this by Sabine Baring-Gould add to wishlist The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) was an English hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. His bibliography lists more than 1240 separate publications, though this list continues to grow. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being Onward, Christian Soldiers and Now the Day is Over. He also ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $20.54! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Oxford Guides to Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales more books like this by Helen Cooper add to wishlist The three Oxford Guides to Chaucer are written by scholars of international repute, with the purpose of summarizing what is known about his works and offering interpretations based on recent advances in both historical knowledge and theoretical understanding. They will provide readers at every level with new interpretations and ideas, with ... see all copies from $9.80! new only from $30.00! \| first editions
16 view cover	The Canterbury Tales in Modern Verse more books like this by Geoffrey Chaucer add to wishlist This daring new translation of 21 of the tales, most of them rendered in iambic tetrameter, conveys the content, tone, and narrative style of the original in a line as expressive as it is economical. An Introduction treats Chaucer's works, influences, life, learning, and the world of 14th-century London. Includes a glossary. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.72!
17 view cover	Chronicles of the Celts (CL) more books like this by Peter Berresford Ellis add to wishlist The stirring sagas of gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, enchanted weapons and fantastic beasts from all six Celtic cultures -- Irish, Scots, Welsh, Cornish, Manx, and Breton -- are retold from ancient times in a major new collection for a modern readership. see all copies from $3.25! new only from $154.16! \| first editions
18	Medieval Russian Epics, Chronicles and Tales: Revised Edition more books like this by Serge A Zenkovsky add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! SVS
19 view cover	The Mabinogion more books like this by Lady Charlotte Guest add to wishlist Composed in a golden age of Celtic storytelling in the 13th century or earlier, this collection of 12 Welsh prose tales is a masterpiece of European literature. This unabridged republication of a stand edition includes a Publisher's Note and the original Introduction. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
20 view cover	The Earthly Paradise more books like this by William Morris add to wishlist Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: APRIL. OFAIR midspring, besung so oft and oft, How can I praise thy loveliness enow ? Thy sun that burns not, and thy breezes soft That o'er the blossoms of the ... see all copies from $7.50! new only from $14.47! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The fates of the Princes of Dyfed more books like this by Kenneth Morris add to wishlist A retelling of the first four tales of the Mabinogion, a cycle of Welsh myths about the early history of Britain. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $24.26! \| first editions
22 view cover	Arthurian Romances more books like this by Chretien de Troyes add to wishlist Chretien de Troyes was a French poet in the late 12th century whose work represents some of the best examples of Arthurian legend from medieval times. Contained in this volume are the four complete Arthurian romances that have survived. The first of these stories is that of "Erec and Enide," which recounts the story of Erec, one of King Arthur's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.22! \| SVS
23 view cover	Geoffrey Chaucer: The Wife of Bath more books like this by Geoffrey Chaucer, Steven Croft (Editor) add to wishlist Each book in this established series contains the full and complete text, and is designed to motivate and encourage students who may be writing on these challenging writers for the first time. It contains useful notes to add depth and knowledge to students' understanding, comments to explain literacy and historical allusions, tasks to help ... see all copies from $7.46! new only from $15.75! \| SVS
24 view cover	Canterbury Tales, Notes more books like this by Bruce Nicoll add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
25 view cover	Bk of Reykjaholar more books like this by Marianne E Kalinke add to wishlist In this study Marianne E. Kalinke examines what may be considered the last great medieval legendary, the Book of Reykjaholar, produced on the very eve of the Reformation. The significance of this legendary resides in its preserving in Icelandic translation a group of otherwise unattested medieval Low German saints' lives. Kalinke presents a ... see all copies from $2.64! new only from $3.49! \| first editions

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