by Geoffrey Chaucer · Wordsworth Editions Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781840225365
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«Canterbury Tales» is Geoffrey Chaucer's narrative poetry work, published by Wordsworth Editions in paperback (736 pages, in English).
Thirty pilgrims gather at the Tabard Inn in Southwark (London) and set off for the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral; to enliven the journey, each tells a story. Chaucer thus offers an ironic and critical view of medieval English society, including the Church.
This edition from the Wordsworth Poetry Library collection, annotated by Lesley A. Coote, is based on the Harley 7334 manuscript at the British Library and includes introductions, bibliographies and glossaries.
Intended for students of English literature and for those approaching medieval English, with notes and glossaries that make reading easier.
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.
