178 results for "Chaucer Canterbury Tales" between £0 and £200
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Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
This introductory guide places the Canterbury Tales in the context of the crisis in English society in the fourteenth century. It examines the social diversity of Chaucer's pilgrims, the stylistic range of their tales and the psychological richness of their interaction. The volume offers students a clear image of the powerful representation of the social reality that makes the Canterbury Tales one of the most important texts in English literature. Emphasis is placed on the language of the poem, the...
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Canterbury Tales Vol. 2 (Madoc) Geoffrey Chaucer
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Intended to make the works of Chaucer more accessible to readers, THE COMPLETE CANTERBURY TALES OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER bridges the gap between Chaucer's writing and modern English. Providing readers with comprehensive glosses and explanatory notes that are keyed to the text, and conveniently located at the bottom of the same page where material is being explained, THE COMPLETE CANTERBURY TALES OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER allows readers (regardless of their knowledge of Biblical, classical, and medieval backgrounds...
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The Canterbury Tales
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 Cook.
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One spring day, 30 pilgrims set off from an inn in Southwark for a shrine in Canterbury. The inn keeper offers a free dinner, on their return, to the person who can tell the best story. So begins an assortment of tales from such varied characters as the Knight, the Wife of Bath and the Miller.
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Canterbury Tales Prologue by Geoffrey Chaucer
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Canterbury Tales Vol. 1 (Madoc) Geoffrey Chaucer
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Chaucer at Work: Making of the "Canterbury Tales"
This aims to provide an introduction to "The Canterbury Tales" which avoids excessive amounts of background information and involves both lecturer and student in the discovery of how Chaucer composed his famous work. Taking a practical approach, it presents a series of sources and contexts to be considered in conjunction with key passages from Chaucer's poems.It provides sets of questions encouraging the reader to examine the text in detail and build on his or her own observations.Each chapter is...
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A delightful way to introduce Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to younger readers, this hardback book is presented in beautifully illustrated comic book style. Travel back to Medieval England and join Chaucer and his merry band of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury. Enjoy the amazing stories they tell each other to pass time on the journey and see if you can guess the winner of their competition to tell the best tale! Key Stages 1 and 2.
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Chaucers Canterbury Tales
Takes to Medieval England and introduces to Chaucer and his band of Canterbury pilgrims. This text includes nine tales, from a host of colourful characters are brought to life with Marcia Williams trademark witty and comic-strip art.
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Including The Wife of Bath's Tale; The Clerk's Tale; The Reeve's Tale; The Nun's Priest's Tale
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Canterbury Tales in Modern Verse by Geoffrey Chaucer
This daring new translation of 21 of the tales, most of them rendered in iambic tetrameter, conveys the content, tone, and narrative style of the original in a line as expressive as it is economical. An Introduction treats Chaucer's works, influences, life, learning, and the world of 14th-century London. Includes a glossary.
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The Canterbury Tales In Modern Verse
This daring new translation of 21 of the tales, most of them rendered in iambic tetrameter, conveys the content, tone, and narrative style of the original in a line as expressive as it is economical. An Introduction treats Chaucer's works, influences, life, learning, and the world of 14th-century London. Includes a glossary.
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As the title suggests, provides a line-by-line text and translation. Contents: General Prologue; Knight's Tale; Prioress's Prologue, Invocation & Tale; Nun's Priest's Prologue, Tale & Epilogue; Pardoner's Prologue & Tale; Wife of Bath's Prologue & Tale; Franklin's Prologue & Tale.
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Chaucer Geoffrey: Canterbury Tales
Created and edited by Justin Kestler and Ben Florman, SparkNotes Literature Guides provide analysis of (currently) 175 classic works of English and foreign language literature - novels, biographies, plays and poetry - that most commonly appear on examination syllabuses. These books provide the insights that today's students need to know.
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Chaucer: Canterbury Tales
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This daring new translation of 21 of the tales, most of them rendered in iambic tetrameter, conveys the content, tone, and narrative style of the original in a line as expressive as it is economical. An Introduction treats Chaucer's works, influences, life, learning, and the world of 14th-century London. Includes a glossary.
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Hengwrt Chaucer: Images and Text of National Library of Wales Peniarth 392D, Containing Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - Scholarly Edition S.
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