The Canterbury Tales

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Nevill Coghill’s masterly and vivid modern English verse translation with all the vigor and poetry of Chaucer’s fourteenth-century Middle English A Penguin Classic In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce. A story-telling competition between a group of pilgrims from all walks of life is the occasion for a series of tales that range from the Knight’s account of courtly love and the ebullient Wife of Bath’s Arthurian legend, to the ribald anecdotes of the Miller and the --- Format: Paperback Release Date: 2003-02-04 Page Count: 529 pages Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780140424386 Author: Geoffrey Chaucer Condition: Good Weight: 0.76 lbs
Nevill Coghill’s masterly and vivid modern English verse translation with all the vigor and poetry of Chaucer’s fourteenth-century Middle English A Penguin Classic In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce. A story-telling competition between a group of pilgrims from all walks of life is the occasion for a series of tales that range from the Knight’s account of courtly love and the ebullient Wife of Bath’s Arthurian legend, to the ribald anecdotes of the Miller and the --- Format: Paperback Release Date: 2003-02-04 Page Count: 529 pages Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780140424386 Author: Geoffrey Chaucer Condition: Good Weight: 0.76 lbs