The Canterbury Tales - Brossura

Chaucer, Geoffrey

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1551114844 ISBN 13: 9781551114842

Casa editrice: Broadview Pr, 2008

Riassunto

The Broadview Canterbury Tales is a new edition of the complete tales in a text based on the famous Ellesmere Manuscript. Here one may read a Middle English text that is closer to what Chaucer's scribe, Adam Pinkurst, actually wrote than that in any other modern edition. Unlike most editions, which draw on a number of manuscripts to recapture Chaucer's original intention, this edition preserves the text as it was found in one influential manuscript. Spellings have not been standardized, the order of the lines and passages has not been altered, the text has only been emended when absolutely necessary for sense, and the original marginal glosses are noted throughout. The edition includes English glosses on the side of the page, and the introduction and notes address aspects of medieval culture, history, and language that may need explanation. A sampling of illustrations from the original manuscript is also included, along with a selection of other works that give the reader a rich sense of the cultural, political, and literary worlds in which Chaucer lived.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Robert Boenig is Professor of English at Texas A&M University.

Product Description:

Book by Chaucer Geoffrey

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Broadview Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1551114844
• ISBN 13: 9781551114842
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 502
• Redattore: Boenig Robert, Taylor Andrew