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On a spring day in April--sometime in the waning years of the 14th century--29 travelers set out for Canterbury on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas Beckett. Among them is a knight, a monk, a prioress, a plowman, a miller, a merchant, a clerk, and an oft-widowed wife from Bath. Travel is arduous and wearing; to maintain their spirits, this band of pilgrims entertains each other with a series of tall tales that span the spectrum of literary genres. Five hundred years later, people are still reading Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. If you haven't yet made the acquaintance of the Franklin, the Pardoner, or the Squire because you never learned Middle English, take heart: this edition of the Tales has been translated into modern idiom.
From the heroic romance of "The Knight's Tale" to the low farce embodied in the stories of the Miller, the Reeve, and the Merchant, Chaucer treated such universal subjects as love, sex, and death in poetry that is simultaneously witty, insightful, and poignant. The Canterbury Tales is a grand tour of 14th-century English mores and morals--one that modern-day readers will enjoy. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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The old standby here gets its first facelift in more than 50 years. Librarian/author Ecker and scholar Crook translated Chaucer's Middle English into a more modern, more accesssible form. Large English literature collections should consider.
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When in April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower, When also Zephyrus with his sweet breath Exhales an air in every grove and health Upon the tender shoots, and the young sun His half-course in the sign of the Ram has run, And the small fowl are making melody That sleep away the night with open eye (So nature pricks them and their heart engages) Then people long to go on pilgrimages And palmers long to seek the stranger strands Of far-off saints, hallowed in sundry lands, And specially, from every shire's end Of England, down to Canterbury they wend To seek the holy blissful martyr, quick To give his help to them when they were sick. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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When in April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower, When also Zephyrus with his sweet breath Exhales an air in every grove and health Upon the tender shoots, and the young sun His half-course in the sign of the Ram has run, And the small fowl are making melody That sleep away the night with open eye (So nature pricks them and their heart engages) Then people long to go on pilgrimages And palmers long to seek the stranger strands Of far-off saints, hallowed in sundry lands, And specially, from every shire's end Of England, down to Canterbury they wend To seek the holy blissful martyr, quick To give his help to them when they were sick. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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Over some period I have read several translations of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. My first experience, selections in a highschool text, was not promising.
Translating poetry from one language to another is difficult and often unsuccessful. Translating Chaucer from Middle English is not much easier. Our language has changed dramatically in the last 600 years, to the point that Middle English is undecipherable. For example, we read Chaucer's description of the Knight's appearance:
Of fustian he wered a gipoun (Of course cloth he wore a doublet) Al bismotered with his habergeoun (All rust-spotted by his coat-of-mail)
Obviously, a glossary, diligence, and time are required for reading the original Chaucer. If you choose to do so, the Riverside Chaucer edition (edited by L. Benson) and the Norton Critical Edition (edited by Olson and Kolve) are highly recommended. The Signet Classic paperback edited by D. R. Howard modernizes the spelling a bit, but largely adheres to the original Chaucer and might be an easier introduction to Middle English.
Most of us read whatever version is assigned for classwork. However, I expect that you will find it quite helpful to pick-up an additional version or two of Canterbury Tales. A slightly different translation may entirely surprise you - you may even find it enjoyable. I suggest that you look for these versions:
Selected Canterbury Tales, Dover Thrift edition - provides a poetic, rather than literal interpretation, and is quite readable. The collection of tales is fairly small, however.
Canterbury Tales, Penguin edition, translated by Nevill Coghill, is an excellent poetic translation. It is a nearly complete collection.
The Canterbury Tales, Bantam Classic edited by Hieatt, uses the "facing page" format with the original Chaucer on the left and a modern literal translation on the right page. I found the literal translation a little wooden, but this edition can be quite helpful if you need some understanding of Middle English. (A guide to phonetics, grammar, spellings, and a glossary is provided.)
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Barrons Educational Series, uses an "Interlinear Translation" format in which each line of Middle English is followed by a modern translation (literal to make the comparison easier). I rather like this approach.
Canterbury Tales, John Murray Publishers, London is hard to find, but provides a partial translation to modern English, maintaining as much as possible of the Middle English. This is a rather clever approach, somewhat risky, but the translator H. L. Hitchins pulls it off. With some effort I could follow the text without continually referring to a glossary and in a limited way I was "reading Middle English".
Canterbury Tales, Pocket Books, prose translation by R. M. Lumiansky, is easy to read, but while the prose format adheres to the storyline, it is only a shadow of the poetic Chaucer. It might prove useful if you are not comfortable with poetry.
Good luck and I hope your expereince with Chaucer goes well.
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this is one of the oldest pieces of english literature! Therefor it is translated into more or less modern english so that normal human beeings like you and me can enjoy it. this realy is a great collection of different storys, with some of them strikingly funny while others are deeply moving. Once one has accustomed ones self to the rhyme the reading takes you with its current.
Pinguine gives good backup information, although they are not marked on the same page, but on the back of the book.
Pinguine gives good backup information, although they are not marked on the same page, but on the back of the book.
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Chaucer is as religious, if not more so, than his Italian counterpart Dante. The Canterbury Tales, as mentioned in most of the review prior to mine, recounts the soujourn of twenty-nine pilgrams to Canterbury. Chaucer had original intended, or so it would seem, to write four tales for each pilgrim--two to be told going to Canterbury and two to be told on the return from Canterbury. It is very likely that Chaucer omitted the twenty-five or so tales that he did for a stoutly religious reason--that once you meet God in your life (which was the intent of a pilgramage) there is no returning. This is why the pilgrims are never seen leaving Canterbury. In all, the tales tell a very strong moral tale. Nearly every line of this wonderful work can be interpreted with a religious overtone and it is no doubt that Chaucer intended for it to be this way. In closing I would like to make reference to a review I read on this page. The short story for in no way came out of this work. The development of the short story can only be attributed Edgar Allan Poe. To suggest that the short story evolved from this would be a grave error. That aside this is a wonderful tale on the surface level and a morally deep tale if you chose to read into it.
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Kindle edition badly formatted, impossible to read
This is no feedback on the contents and the translations. Just want to say that the Kindle edition is a mess. Lesen Sie weiter...
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Listen, Then Read
The Canterbury Tales are best heard aloud before being read. I like the Recorded Books version. With commentary by Professor Murphy and talented actors, the various tales come... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 14. Mai 2007 von Donald Mitchell
Listen, Then Read
The Canterbury Tales are best heard aloud before being read. I like the Recorded Books version. With commentary by Professor Murphy and talented actors, the various tales come... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 14. Mai 2007 von Donald Mitchell
Listen, Then Read
The Canterbury Tales are best heard aloud before being read. I like the Recorded Books version. With commentary by Professor Murphy and talented actors, the various tales come... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 14. Mai 2007 von Donald Mitchell
Travelling mercies...
In Chaucer's work, 'The Canterbury Tales', perhaps the greatest of English literary works from the period of the language known as Middle English, there is one particular piece... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. Februar 2006 von FrKurt Messick
Okay, we get it.
Yes, this ole classic has driven many students crazy, and it has its moments hidden in the ole language, but the new Medieval classic for sure will be Agori's novel The Defenders... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 14. Juni 2000 veröffentlicht
invaluable
The authors have provided the quintessential study guide to The Canterbury Tales. This book is invaluable.
Am 9. Mai 2000 veröffentlicht
A Review
The Canterbury Tales was a notably written book,with much discription and nice tidbits of information interweaved into a perfect story. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. Januar 2000 von "kwfalcon"
A Good Translation but still disappointed
This version of the Canterbury Tales in modern English is brilliant. Nonetheless I was deeply disappointed in finding that the Parson's Tale was omitted completely, the reason... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. Dezember 1999 veröffentlicht
I love it!
I have read most of the Canterbury Tales in English class over the past couple of years. I think they are so great because of the satire of Chaucer and the way he presents the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 5. Dezember 1999 von D. Reiman
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