by Geoffrey Chaucer · Reclam, Ditzingen · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783150077443
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«The Canterbury Tales / Die Canterbury-Erzählungen» is Geoffrey Chaucer's collection of stories in a bilingual Reclam edition (paperback, 560 pages).
A group of pilgrims heads to Canterbury and, during the journey, its members tell stories. Characters such as the knight, the Wife of Bath or the miller give voice to a varied portrait of fourteenth-century English society.
Selection, translation, annotation and editing by Heinz Bergner; Middle English text and German version on facing pages. Published in 1982.
Useful for students of medieval literature and for those who want to compare Middle English with a German translation.
Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet, writer and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the 'father of English literature', or alternatively, the 'father of English poetry'. He was the first writer to be buried in what has since become Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.
