‘A truly remarkable achievement.’ —Barry Unsworth
In the tradition of Seamus Heaney’sBeowulf 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.
Circa l’autore
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 Norwich, and Margery Kempe.
Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 800 ● ISBN 9780393084184 ● Dimensione 0.6 MB ● Traduttore Sheila Fisher ● Casa editrice W. W. Norton & Company ● Paese US ● Pubblicato 2012 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 7467723 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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