An edition of The Canterbury Tales (1478)

The Canterbury tales

1994 Modern Library ed.
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An edition of The Canterbury Tales (1478)

The Canterbury tales

1994 Modern Library ed.
  • 3.75 ·
  • 4 Ratings
  • 180 Want to read
  • 10 Currently reading
  • 15 Have read

A collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales (mostly in verse, although some are in prose) are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. In a long list of works, including Troilus and Criseyde, House of Fame, and Parliament of Fowls, The Canterbury Tales was Chaucer's magnum opus. He uses the tales and the descriptions of the characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society at the time, and particularly of the Church. Structurally, the collection bears the influence of The Decameron, which Chaucer is said to have come across during his first diplomatic mission to Italy in 1372. However, Chaucer peoples his tales with 'sondry folk' rather than Boccaccio's fleeing nobles.

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Modern Library
Language
English
Pages
642

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Cover of: The Canterbury tales
The Canterbury tales
1994, Modern Library
Hardcover in English - 1994 Modern Library ed.
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Canterbury tales: annotated and accented, with illustrations of English life in Chaucer's time
1894, J.M. Dent
in English - New and rev. ed., with illustrations from the Ellesmere ms.
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The Canterbury tales
1857, D. Appleton
- New ed.
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New York

Edition Notes

Series statement from jacket.

Series
[The modern library of the world's best books]

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
821/.1
Library of Congress
PR1865 1994

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
642 p. ;
Number of pages
642

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1097993M
Internet Archive
canterburytales00chau_0
ISBN 10
0679601252
LCCN
94022676
OCLC/WorldCat
30892614
Library Thing
9978
Goodreads
2339726

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