The Canterbury Tales

A Canterbury mesék

Szerző

Geoffrey Chaucer

Szerkesztő

Betty Radice

Fordító

Nevill Coghill

Harmondsworth

'Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales ' összes példány

Kiadó:	Penguin Books Ltd
Kiadás helye:	Harmondsworth
Kiadás éve:	1975
Kötés típusa:	Ragasztott papírkötés
Oldalszám:	526 oldal
Sorozatcím:	Penguin Classics
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Nyelv:	Angol
Méret:	18 cm x 11 cm
ISBN:	0-14-044-022-4

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CHAUCER
THE CANTERBURY TALES
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/ * ' 1 TRANSLATED BY NEV1LL COGHILL
The Canterbury Tales stands conspicuous among the great literary áchievements of the Middle Ages. Told by a jovial procession of pilgrims - knight, priest, yeoman, miller, orcook-asthey ridetowards the shrine of Thomas á Becket, they present a pic-ture of a nation taking shape. Thetone of this never-resting comedy is, by turns, learned.fanfastic, lewd, pious, and ludicrous. 'Here', as John Dryden said, 'is God's plenty!'
Geoffrey Chaucer began his great task in about 1386. This version in modern English, by Nevill Coghill, preserves the freshness and racy vitality of Chaucer's narrative.
The cover shows Chaucer from an illuminated man useript in the British Museum

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Introduction: Chaucer's Life - Chaucer's Works n
The Canterbury Tales
[group a]
The Prologue 19
The Knight's Tale 42
Words between the Host and the Miller 102
The Miller's Tale 105
The Reeve's Prologue 123
The Reeve's Tale 125
The Cook's Prologue 136
The Cook's Tale 137
[group b]
Introduction to the Man of Law's Tale 139
The Man of Law's Prologue 142
The Man of Law's Tale 143
Epilogue to the Man of Law's Tale 173
The Shipman's Tale i?4
Words of the Host to the Shipman and the Prioress 186
The Prioress's Prologue 186
The Prioress's Tale 187
Words of the Host to Chaucer 194
Chaucer's Tale of Sir Topáz 195
The Host stops Chaucer's Tale of Sir Topáz 201
Chaucer's Tale of Melibee (in synopsis) 202
Words of the Host to the Monk 204
The Monk's Tale 207
(Lucifer, Adam, Sámson, Hercules, Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Zenobia, King Peter of Spain, King Peter of Cyprus, Bernabo Visconti of Lombardy, Count Ugolino of Pisa, Nero, Holofernes, King Antiochus the Illustrious,
Alexander, Julius Caesar, Croesus)
Words of the Knight and the Host 231
The Nun's Priest's Tale 232
Words of the Host to the Nun's Priest 249
[group c]
The Physician's Tale 250 Words of the Host to the Physician and to the Pardoner 257
The Pardoner's Prologue 259
The Pardoner's Tale 262
[group d]
The Wife of Bath's Prologue 276
Words between the Summoner and the Friar 298
The Wife of Bath's Tale 299
The Friar's Prologue 310
The Friar's Tale 311
The Summoner's Prologue ' 321
The Summoner's Tale 322
[group e]
The Clerk's Prologue 338
The Clerk's Tale 340
Chaucer's Envoy to the Clerk's Tale 372
The Merchant's Prologue 374
The Merchant's Tale 375
Epilogue to the Merchant's Tale 406
[group f]
The Squire's Prologue 4°7
The Squire's Tale 407 Words of the Franklin to the Squire and of the Host to the
Franklin 425
The Franklin's Prologue 426
The Franklin's Tale 427
[group g]
The Second Nun's Prologue 451
The Second Nun's Tale 455
The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue 467
The Canon's Yeoman's Tale 472
[group h]
The Manciple's Prologue 493
The Manciple's Tale 496
[group i]
The Parson's Prologue 5°3
The Parson's Tale (in synopsis) 5°5
Chaucer's Retractions 5°7
Notes 509