The Canterbury Tales - 9780143106173
Un libro in lingua di Geoffrey Chaucer Ackroyd Peter (RTL) Bantock Nick (ILT) edito da Penguin Classics, 2010
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Renowned novelist, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents it in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to readers while preserving the spirit of the original. A mirror for medieval society, The Canterbury Tales concerns a motley group of pilgrims who meet in a London inn on their way to Canterbury and agree to take part in a storytelling competition. Ackroyd's contemporary prose emphasizes the humanity of these characters-as well as explicitly rendering their bawdy humor-yet still masterfully evokes the euphonies and harmonies of Chaucer's verse.
Renowned novelist, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents it in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to readers while preserving the spirit of the original. A mirror for medieval society, The Canterbury Tales concerns a motley group of pilgrims who meet in a London inn on their way to Canterbury and agree to take part in a storytelling competition. Ackroyd's contemporary prose emphasizes the humanity of these characters-as well as explicitly rendering their bawdy humor-yet still masterfully evokes the euphonies and harmonies of Chaucer's verse.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Canterbury Tales
- Sottotitolo: A Retelling by Peter Ackroyd
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Geoffrey Chaucer Ackroyd Peter (RTL) Bantock Nick (ILT)
- Editore: Penguin Classics
- Collana: Penguin Classics (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 02 Novembre '10
- Genere: POETRY
- Pagine: 436
- ISBN-10: 0143106171
- EAN-13: 9780143106173