The Canterbury Tales (Oxford World's Classics)

The Canterbury Tales (Oxford World's Classics)

by Geoffrey Chaucer (Author), David Wright (Translator), Geoffrey Chaucer (Author), David Wright (Translator), Geoffrey Chaucer (Author)

Synopsis

David Wright's new translation of The Canterbury Tales into modern verse--the first to appear in over thirty years--makes one of the greatest works of English literature accessible to all readers while preserving the wit and vivacity of Chaucer's original text.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 512
Edition: New
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 05 Mar 1998

ISBN 10: 019283360X
ISBN 13: 9780192833600

Media Reviews
David Wright's new verse translation of the poems from the Canterbury Tales is lively, readable...it should lead many delighted readers to Chaucer. --Manuscripta
Indeed the best translation I have seen and will replace the version I had been using. The binding appears able to withstand constant use, and the price is fine for student budgets. This text, with Kane's biography and the Chaucer Glossary will make a fine course! --The College of Staten Island,
City University of New York
With Wright's translation in print, there is no excuse for withholding Chaucer from any class offering an introduction to literature. --Anthony Ugolnik, Franklin & Marshall College
I have found this translation to be the most thorough and easily read. I will recommend it to all my students as a companion to our main text. --Paul R. Lehman, University of Central Oklahoma
I reviewed all the versions of Canterbury Tales in print and yours was by far the most lucid translation--real resonances of the original. --Dean Rader, SUNY, Binghamton


David Wright's new verse translation of the poems from the Canterbury Tales is lively, readable...it should lead many delighted readers to Chaucer. --Manuscripta
Indeed the best translation I have seen and will replace the version I had been using. The binding appears able to withstand constant use, and the price is fine for student budgets. This text, with Kane's biography and the Chaucer Glossary will make a fine course! --The College of Staten Island,
City University of New York
With Wright's translation in print, there is no excuse for withholding Chaucer from any class offering an introduction to literature. --Anthony Ugolnik, Franklin & Marshall College
I have found this translation to be the most thorough and easily read. I will recommend it to all my students as a companion to our main text. --Paul R. Lehman, University of Central Oklahoma
I reviewed all the versions of Canterbury Tales in print and yours was by far the most lucid translation--real resonances of the original. --Dean Rader, SUNY, Binghamton

David Wright's new verse translation of the poems from the Canterbury Tales is lively, readable...it should lead many delighted readers to Chaucer. --Manuscripta
Indeed the best translation I have seen and will replace the version I had been using. The binding appears able to withstand constant use, and the price is fine for student budgets. This text, with Kane's biography and the Chaucer Glossary will make a fine course! --The College of Staten Island, City University of New York
With Wright's translation in print, there is no excuse for withholding Chaucer from any class offering an introduction to literature. --Anthony Ugolnik, Franklin & Marshall College
I have found this translation to be the most thorough and easily read. I will recommend it to all my students as a companion to our main text. --Paul R. Lehman, University of Central Oklahoma
I reviewed all the versions of Canterbury Tales in print and yours was by far the most lucid translation--real resonances of the original. --Dean Rader, SUNY, Binghamton


David Wright's new verse translation of the poems from the Canterbury Tales is lively, readable...it should lead many delighted readers to Chaucer. --Manuscripta


Indeed the best translation I have seen and will replace the version I had been using. The binding appears able to withstand constant use, and the price is fine for student budgets. This text, with Kane's biography and the Chaucer Glossary will make a fine course! --The College of Staten Island, City University of New York


With Wright's translation in print, there is no excuse for withholding Chaucer from any class offering an introduction to literature. --Anthony Ugolnik, Franklin & Marshall College


I have found this translation to be the most thorough and easily read. I will recommend it to all my students as a companion to our main text. --Paul R. Lehman, University of Central Oklahoma


I reviewed all the versions of Canterbury Tales in print and yours was by far the most lucid translation--real resonances of the original. --Dean Rader, SUNY, Binghamton