The Canterbury Tales In Modern Verse
by Chaucer, Geoffrey; Glaser, Joseph; Glaser, Joseph; Glaser, JosephFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-03-30
Publisher(s): Hackett Pub Co Inc
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Summary
This daring new translation of 21 of the tales, most of them rendered in iambic tetrameter, conveys the content, tone, and narrative style of the original in a line as expressive as it is economical. An Introduction treats Chaucer's works, influences, life, learning, and the world of 14th-century London. Includes a glossary.
Table of Contents
| INTRODUCTION | 1 | (20) | |
| General Prologue | 21 | (22) | |
| The Knight's Tale (abridged) | 43 | (27) | |
| The Miller's Prologue | 70 | (2) | |
| The Miller's Tale | 72 | (18) | |
| The Reeve's Prologue | 90 | (2) | |
| The Reeve's Tale | 92 | (11) | |
| The Cook's Tale (summary) | 103 | (1) | |
| The Man of Law's Tale (summary) | 104 | (2) | |
| Epilogue to the Man of Law's Tale | 106 | (1) | |
| The Wife of Bath's Prologue | 107 | (21) | |
| Words Between the Summoner and the Friar | 128 | (1) | |
| The Wife of Bath's Tale | 129 | (12) | |
| The Friar's Prologue | 141 | (1) | |
| The Friar's Tale | 142 | (10) | |
| The Summoner's Prologue | 152 | (1) | |
| The Summoner's Tale | 153 | (16) | |
| The Clerk's Prologue | 169 | (1) | |
| The Clerk's Tale (abridged) | 170 | (18) | |
| The Merchant's Prologue | 188 | (1) | |
| The Merchant's Tale | 189 | (31) | |
| The Squire's Prologue | 220 | (1) | |
| The Squire's Tale (abridged) | 220 | (3) | |
| The Words of the Franklin and the Host | 223 | (2) | |
| The Franklin's Prologue | 225 | (1) | |
| The Franklin's Tale (abridged) | 225 | (16) | |
| The Physician's Tale | 241 | (8) | |
| The Pardoner's Prologue | 249 | (3) | |
| The Pardoner's Tale | 252 | (14) | |
| The Shipman's Tale | 266 | (12) | |
| The Prioresse's Prologue | 278 | (1) | |
| The Prioresse's Tale | 279 | (7) | |
| The Prologue to Chaucer's Tale of Sir Thopas | 286 | (1) | |
| Chaucer's Tale of Sir Thopas | 287 | (7) | |
| Chaucer's Tale of Melibee (summary) | 294 | (1) | |
| The Monk's Prologue | 295 | (2) | |
| The Monk's Tale (abridged) | 297 | (5) | |
| The Nun's Priest's Prologue | 302 | (1) | |
| The Nun's Priest's Tale | 303 | (16) | |
| Epilogue to the Nun's Priest's Tale | 319 | (1) | |
| The Second Nun's Prologue | 320 | (3) | |
| The Second Nun's Tale | 323 | (14) | |
| The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue (summary) | 337 | (1) | |
| The Canon's Yeoman's Tale (summary) | 337 | (3) | |
| The Manciple's Prologue (summary) | 340 | (1) | |
| The Manciple's Tale (summary) | 340 | (2) | |
| The Parson's Prologue | 342 | (2) | |
| The Parson's Tale (summary) | 344 | (1) | |
| Chaucer's Retraction | 345 | (2) | |
| SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | 347 |
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