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The Selected Canterbury Tales: A New Verse Translation
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Description for The Selected Canterbury Tales: A New Verse Translation
Paperback. "A truly remarkable achievement." -Barry Unsworth Translator(s): Fisher, Sheila. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 137 x 37. Weight in Grams: 630.
In the tradition of Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf and Marie Borroff’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sheila Fisher’s The Selected Canterbury Tales is a vivid, lively, and readable translation of the most famous work of England’s premier medieval poet. Preserving Chaucer’s rhyme and meter, Fisher makes these tales accessible to a contemporary ear while inviting readers to the Middle English original on facing pages. Her informative introduction highlights Chaucer’s artistic originality in his memorable portrayals of surprisingly modern women and men from across the spectrum of medieval society.
In the tradition of Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf and Marie Borroff’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sheila Fisher’s The Selected Canterbury Tales is a vivid, lively, and readable translation of the most famous work of England’s premier medieval poet. Preserving Chaucer’s rhyme and meter, Fisher makes these tales accessible to a contemporary ear while inviting readers to the Middle English original on facing pages. Her informative introduction highlights Chaucer’s artistic originality in his memorable portrayals of surprisingly modern women and men from across the spectrum of medieval society.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
Number of Pages
800
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393341782
SKU
V9780393341782
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99-13
About Geoffrey Chaucer
Sheila Fisher is Professor of English at Trinity College (Hartford). She is the author of Chaucer’s Poetic Alchemy: A Study of Value and Its Transformation in The Canterbury Tales, and the editor (with Janet E. Halley) of Seeking the Woman in Late Medieval and Renaissance Writings: Essays in Feminist Contextual Criticism, as well as essays on the Gawain-poet, Julian of ... Read more
Reviews for The Selected Canterbury Tales: A New Verse Translation
"In setting the scene for an informed understanding of Chaucer and his background, Fisher shows herself a true professional."
Peter Green - New Republic "Shelia Fisher's vibrant new verse translation captures in contemporary English the rhymes, the rhythms, the wit, the earnestness, and the game of the best-known Canterbury Tales."
Warren Ginsberg, Knight Professor of the Humanities, Univeristy ... Read more
Peter Green - New Republic "Shelia Fisher's vibrant new verse translation captures in contemporary English the rhymes, the rhythms, the wit, the earnestness, and the game of the best-known Canterbury Tales."
Warren Ginsberg, Knight Professor of the Humanities, Univeristy ... Read more