Canterbury Tales, The ; Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Publisher: Signet Classics
- ISBN: 9780451416780
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While Geoffrey Chaucer composed several
magnificent works of poetry, his reputation as “the father of English
literature” rests mainly on The Canterbury Tales, a group of
stories told by assorted pilgrims en route to the shrine of Thomas à
Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. From the mirthful and bawdy to the
profoundly moral, the tales, taken in their entirety, reflect not only
the manners and mores of medieval England, but indeed, the full comic
and tragic dimensions of the human condition. Considered the greatest
collection of narrative poems in English literature, The Canterbury Tales
was composed in the Middle English of Chaucer’s day, possibly to be
read aloud at the court of Richard II. However, their grandeur, humor,
and relevance are timeless, as readers of this authoritative edition
will discover.
UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE SIGNET CLASSICS CANTERBURY TALES
Full
critical Introduction by editor Donald R. Howard * Normalized spelling
system for easier reading and pronunciation * Extensive footnotes
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Special section “On Pronouncing Chaucer” * Glossary of basic Middle
English words With a Foreword by Frank Grady and a New Afterword by
Paul Strohm