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» 58 more Top British Books (22) 501 Must-Read Books (70) Metafiction (8) Favorite Long Books (60) Unreliable Narrators (23) United Kingdom (6) Elegant Prose (2) Ambleside Books (154) Top Adultery Stories (58) Poetry Corner (21) Five star books (485) The Greatest Books (55) Edad Media (3) I Can't Finish This Book (100) Unread books (537) Folio Society (731) Top Satirical Books (179) No current Talk conversations about this book. Ex-lib. MED (no. 137C) (  )  ME_Dictionary | Mar 20, 2020 |  Text based largely on Skeat. ( ) ME_Dictionary | Mar 19, 2020 | 1975 reprint. 1986 reprint ( ) ME_Dictionary | Mar 19, 2020 | Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is a classic that most high schoolers read excerpts from in high school. Burton Raffel here offers a new, full-length translation. The translation mostly succeeds (at least in oral format) as it conveys the sense of the work fairly well. While reading, it struck me how essentially medieval Chaucer’s setting is. While he is often talked about as one standing at the cusp of an enlightened England, his roots are thoroughly planted in the prior era. The Parson’s Tale (the final tale in the series) is based on Thomistic and Aristotelian virtues. It is less a tale and more a sermon as it is filled with admonitions and homiletic crafts. I kept waiting for a bit of irony to slip out; however, I found none. Chaucer seemed to accept the pre-Reformation theology as an inextricable part of his contemporary culture. Many of Chaucer’s other tales are more entertaining and more story-like. Chaucer’s characters, like the Friar or the Wife of Bath, still stick with us throughout the centuries. Indeed, he succeeds in making us feel as if we are along for the walk to Canterbury. We listen to them pass the time by their communicative skills. Listening to this book on audiobook makes this effect especially pronounced. Each character possesses a unique literary and auditory voice. The new translation helps facilitate this portrayal by removing anachronisms that roughly remind us that Chaucer wrote in middle English. It succeeds in its quest to make this great work relevant to our contemporary era. (  ) scottjpearson | Jan 25, 2020 | Geraldine McCaughrean's adaptation is delightful to read. I don't want to go to the effort of disentangling its Library Thing listing from Chaucer's original story, but I don't really see it as the same work. I highly recommend it for recreational reading, as opposed to scholarly study, and for reading aloud to children -- if a person really wanted to read slightly bawdy medieval tales to children. ( ) muumi | Jan 2, 2020 | no reviews | add a review
Is contained inThe Works of Geoffrey Chaucer by Geoffrey Chaucer The Complete Poetry and Prose of Geoffrey Chaucer by Geoffrey Chaucer The Riverside Chaucer by Geoffrey Chaucer ContainsThe Canterbury Tales, Volume I [Folio Society] by Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales, Volume II [Folio Society] by Geoffrey Chaucer Två Canterbury sägner by Geoffrey Chaucer The Miller's Prologue and Tale (Selected Tales from Chaucer) by Geoffrey Chaucer The Merchant's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: The Prologue by Geoffrey Chaucer The Merchant's Prologue and Tale (Selected Tales from Chaucer) by Geoffrey Chaucer The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale (Selected Tales from Chaucer) by Geoffrey Chaucer The Book of the Duchess by Geoffrey Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer The Franklin's Prologue and Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer Chaucer : the prologue, the knightes tale the nonne preestes tale from the Canterbury tales by Geoffrey Chaucer The Knight's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer The Clerk's Prologue and Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer The Reeve's Prologue and Tale with the Cook's Prologue and the Fragment of his Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer The prologue and three tales by Geoffrey Chaucer The Reeve's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer The Tale of the Man of lawe;: The Pardoneres tale; the Second nonnes tale; the Chanouns yemannes tale, from the Canterbu by Geoffrey Chaucer The General Prologue: Part One A and Part One B (Variorum Chaucer Series) (Pt.1A) by Geoffrey Chaucer The Prioress' Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer Chaucer: The Prioresses Tale, Sir Thopas, The Monkes Tale, The Clerkes Tale, The Squieres Tale From The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury tales; the Prologue and four tales, with the Book of the duchess and six lyrics, by Frank Ernest Hill The Physician's Tale (The Doctor's Tale) by Geoffrey Chaucer The Squire's Tale (Variorum Chaucer Series) by Geoffrey Chaucer The Miller's Tale: Geoffrey Chaucer (Oxford Student Texts) by Geoffrey Chaucer The manciple's tale by Geoffrey Chaucer Chaucer's Prologue and Knights Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer A Variorum Edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Volume V: The Minor Poems, Part One by Geoffrey Chaucer The Man of Law's tale by Geoffrey Chaucer The Franklin's Tale: from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer The Parson's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer The General Prologue & The Physician's Tale: In Middle English & In Modern Verse Translation by Geoffrey Chaucer The Prioress' Prologue and Tale (Selected Tales from Chaucer) by Geoffrey Chaucer The Friar'S, Summoner'S, and Pardoner's Tales from the Canterbury Tales (Medieval and Renaissance Texts) by Geoffrey Chaucer The Franklin's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer The Prologue and the Knightes Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer The Prologue, the Knightes tale, the Nonne prestes tale, from the Canterbury tales by Geoffrey Chaucer The Canon's Yeoman's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer The Canon Yeoman's Prologue and Tale: From the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (Selected Tales from Chaucer) by Geoffrey Chaucer Pardoners Tale (Complete Text (Naxos)) by Geoffrey Chaucer Miller's Tale -- Prologue by Geoffrey Chaucer The Cook's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer The Friar's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer The knightes tale, from the Canterbury tales of Geoffrey Chaucer by Geoffrey Chaucer Is retold inGeoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Retold by Geraldine McCaughrean The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling by Peter Ackroyd Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Retold (adapted ∙ graphic novel) by Marcia Williams The Canterbury Tales: Selection - Illustrated children's versions by Selina Hastings Has the adaptationIs parodied inInspiredHas as a commentary on the textA Companion to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Margaret Hallissy The Wife of Bath: Complete, Authoritative Text With Biographical and Historical Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Five Contemporary Critical ... (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) by Geoffrey Chaucer Has as a student's study guide
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