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"A truly remarkable achievement." —Barry UnsworthIn the tradition ofSeamus Heaney’s Beowulf and Marie Borroff’s SirGawain and the Green Knight, Sheila Fisher’s TheSelected Canterbury Tales is a vivid, lively, and readable translation ofthe most famous work of England’s premier medieval poet. Preserving Chaucer’srhyme and meter, Fisher makes these tales accessible to a contemporary earwhile inviting readers to the Middle English original on facing pages. Herinformative introduction highlights Ch…
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- Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Year: 2012
- Pages: 800
- ISBN: 9780393084184
- ISBN-10: 0393084183
- ISBN-13: 9780393084184
- Format: ePub
- Language: English
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"A truly remarkable achievement." —Barry Unsworth
In the tradition ofSeamus Heaney’s Beowulf and Marie Borroff’s Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight, Sheila Fisher’s The
Selected Canterbury Tales is a vivid, lively, and readable translation of
the most famous work of England’s premier medieval poet. Preserving Chaucer’s
rhyme and meter, Fisher makes these tales accessible to a contemporary ear
while inviting readers to the Middle English original on facing pages. Her
informative introduction highlights Chaucer’s artistic originality in his
memorable portrayals of surprisingly modern women and men from across the
spectrum of medieval society.
- Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Year: 2012
- Pages: 800
- ISBN: 9780393084184
- ISBN-10: 0393084183
- ISBN-13: 9780393084184
- Format: ePub
- Language: English English
"A truly remarkable achievement." —Barry Unsworth
In the tradition ofSeamus Heaney’s Beowulf and Marie Borroff’s Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight, Sheila Fisher’s The
Selected Canterbury Tales is a vivid, lively, and readable translation of
the most famous work of England’s premier medieval poet. Preserving Chaucer’s
rhyme and meter, Fisher makes these tales accessible to a contemporary ear
while inviting readers to the Middle English original on facing pages. Her
informative introduction highlights Chaucer’s artistic originality in his
memorable portrayals of surprisingly modern women and men from across the
spectrum of medieval society.
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