The Canterbury Tales

图书标准信息

• 作者 Geoffrey Chaucer（杰弗雷·乔叟） 著；A. Kent、Constance Hieatt 编
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1982-02
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553210828
• 定价 25.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 421页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Lively,absorbing,oftenoutrageouslyfunny,Chaucer'sTheCanterburyTalesisaworkofgenius,anundisputedclassicthathasheldaspecialappealforeachgenerationofreaders.TheTalesgatherstwenty-nineofliterature'smostenduring(andendearing)charactersinavividgroupportraitthatcapturesthefullspectrumofmedievalsociety,fromtheexaltedKnighttothehumblePlowman.

ThisneweditionincludesacomprehensiveintroductionthatsummarizessomeofthemostimportanthistoricaleventsandmovementsthatdefinedtheworldofChaucerandhispilgrims;twoadditionaltales(Reeve'sandShipman's);introductionsforeachtaledesignedtopreparethereaderforabetterunderstandingandenjoymentofthetale;newlywrittenandconvenientlyplacedexplanatorynotes;andanew,moreeasilyunderstoodsystemforlearningtopronounceChaucerianMiddleEnglish.

【作者简介】

GeoffreyChaucerwasborninLondonabout1340,thesonofawell-to-doandwell-connectedwinemerchant.In1360,afterhiscapturewhilefightingintheFrenchwars,EdwardIIIpaidhisransom,andlaterChaucermarriedPhilippadeRoet,amaidofhonortothequeenandsister-in-lawtoJohnofGaunt,Chaucer'spatron.

Chaucer'soeuvreiscommonlydividedintothreeperiods:theFrench(to1372),consistingofsuchworksasatranslationoftheRomandelaRoseandTheBookoftheDuchess;theItalian(1372-1385),includingTheHouseofFame,TheParliamentofFowlsandTroilusandCriseyde;andtheEnglish(1385-1400),culminatinginTheCanterburyTales.In1400,hedied,leaving24oftheapparently120taleshehadplannedforhisfinalmasterpiece.ChaucerbecamethefirstofEngland'sgreatmentobeburiedinthePoet'sCornerofWestminsterAbbey.

PeterG.BeidleristheLucyG.MosesDistinguishedProfessorofEnglishatLehighUniversity.Heistheauthorofadozenbooksandmorethan150articles.Inthesummerof2005hedirectedaseminarforhighschoolteachersonChaucer'sCanterburyComedies(theseminarwassupportedbytheNationalEndowmentfortheHumanities).HeandhiswifeAnnehavefourchildren.