The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Publisher: Xist Publishing

Published: 2016-03-24

Total Pages: 963

ISBN-13: 1681959089

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The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “Then you compared a woman's love to Hell, To barren land where water will not dwell, And you compared it to a quenchless fire, The more it burns the more is its desire To burn up everything that burnt can be. You say that just as worms destroy a tree A wife destroys her husband and contrives, As husbands know, the ruin of their lives. ” ― Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales are collection of stories by Chaucer, each attributed to a fictional medieval pilgrim.


The Canterbury Tales: Seventeen Tales and the General Prologue (Third International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)

The Canterbury Tales: Seventeen Tales and the General Prologue (Third International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2018-06

Total Pages: 758

ISBN-13: 0393655121

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“This book has been more helpful to the students—both the better ones and the lesser ones—than any other book I have ever used in any of my classes in my more than a quarter century of university teaching.” —RICHARD L. KIRKWOOD, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire This Norton Critical Edition includes: • The medieval masterpiece’s most popular tales, including—new to the Third Edition—The Man of Law’s Prologue and Tale and The Second Nun’s Prologue and Tale. • Extensive marginal glosses, explanatory footnotes, a preface, and a guide to Chaucer’s language by V. A. Kolve and Glending Olson. • Sources and analogues arranged by tale. • Twelve critical essays, seven of them new to the Third Edition. • A Chronology, a Short Glossary, and a Selected Bibliography. About the Series Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format—annotated text, contexts, and criticism—helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.


The Selected Canterbury Tales: A New Verse Translation

The Selected Canterbury Tales: A New Verse Translation

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2012-03-27

Total Pages: 439

ISBN-13: 039334178X

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Fisher's work is a vivid, lively, and readable translation of the most famous work of England's premier medieval poet. Preserving Chaucer's rhyme and meter and faithfully articulating his poetic voice, Fisher makes Chaucer's tales accessible to a contemporary ear.


Chaucer's Tale

Chaucer's Tale

Author: Paul Strohm

Publisher: Penguin Books

Published: 2015-10-27

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0143127837

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"A lively microbiography of Geoffrey Chaucer, the "father of English literature", focusing on the surprising and fascinating story of the tumultuous year that led to the creation of the Canterbury Tales"--Provided by publisher.


The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 695

ISBN-13: 9781324000563

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"This book has been more helpful to the students--both the better ones and the lesser ones--than any other book I have ever used in any of my classes in my more than a quarter century of university teaching." --RICHARD L. KIRKWOOD, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire


Five Canterbury Tales

Five Canterbury Tales

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Publisher: OXFORD

Published: 2009-12-17

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780194247580

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A retelling of five of Chaucer's classic tales in simplified language for new readers. Includes activities to enhance reading comprehension and improve vocabulary.


The Miller's Prologue and Tale

The Miller's Prologue and Tale

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-06-02

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1316615499

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Six-hundred-year-old tales with modern relevance. This stunning full-colour edition from the bestselling Cambridge School Chaucer series explores the complete text of The Miller's Prologue and Tale through a wide range of classroom-tested activities and illustrated information, including a map of the Canterbury pilgrimage, a running synopsis of the action, an explanation of unfamiliar words and suggestions for study. Cambridge School Chaucer makes medieval life and language more accessible, helping students appreciate Chaucer's brilliant characters, his wit, sense of irony and love of controversy.