by Geoffrey Chaucer · Oxford University Press España, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780192833600
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«The Canterbury Tales» is the classic medieval work by Geoffrey Chaucer, published by Oxford University Press España in paperback (412 pages, in English).
A group of pilgrims heads to Canterbury Cathedral and, to make the journey more pleasant, each tells their own story. The tales combine humour, irony and social criticism, and together form a portrait of medieval English society.
This 1998 edition belongs to the Oxford World's Classics collection and includes David Wright's modern verse translation.
Recommended for students of English literature and for readers who want to discover medieval classics in English.
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.
