The Selected Canterbury Tales: A New Verse Translation
Book Details
Author(s)Geoffrey Chaucer
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
ISBN / ASIN039334178X
ISBN-139780393341782
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Sales Rank59,992
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
"A truly remarkable achievement." Barry Unsworth
In the tradition of Seamus Heaney s Beowulf and Marie Borroff s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sheila Fisher s The Selected Canterbury Tales is a vivid, lively, and readable translation of the most famous work of England s premier medieval poet. Preserving Chaucer s rhyme and meter, Fisher makes these tales accessible to a contemporary ear while inviting readers to the Middle English original on facing pages. Her informative introduction highlights Chaucer s artistic originality in his memorable portrayals of surprisingly modern women and men from across the spectrum of medieval society.










