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Author Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.

Title The Canterbury tales / Geoffrey Chaucer ; a verse translation by David Wright with an introduction and notes by Christopher Cannon.

Edition New edition.
Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1554147~S1
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Description xxix, 517 pages ; 20 cm
Series Oxford world's classics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary "Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales brings together an unforgettable group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, pilgrims who came from all ranks of society, from the crusading Knight and burly Miller to the worldly Monk and the famously lusty Wife of Bath. Their tales are as various as the tellers, including romance, bawdy comedy, beast fable, learned debate, parable, and Eastern adventure. The resulting collection gives us a set of characters so vivid that they have often been taken as portraits from real life, and a series of stories as hilarious in their comedy as they are affecting in their tragedy. Even after 600 years, their account of the human condition is fresh and true"--Publisher.
Subject Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- England -- Canterbury -- Poetry.
Added Author Wright, David, 1920-1994.
ISBN 9780199599028 (pbk.)
0199599025 (pbk.)
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