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The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling
de Ackroyd, Peter
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0670021229
- ISBN 13
- 9780670021222
- Librería
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Viking, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fair. Larger, sturdy book, thick, dark blue spine, white boards, red embossed lettering very fine on spine, 436 pages. DJ heavy paper, dark background with white banner design with blue on all of front, tiny red pilgrims illustrated on front and back, red spine. DJ has light wear to top front tip, crease at spine top left, a tear along top back edge inside flap, a 2" tear at top of back bookfold edge with very slight wear. Near Good DJ/Fine book.
Sinopsis
A fresh, modern prose retelling captures the vigorous and bawdy spirit of Chaucer’s classic Renowned critic, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents the work in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to modern readers while preserving the spirit of the original. A mirror for medieval society, Chaucer’s 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. Ranging from comedy to tragedy, pious sermon to ribald farce, heroic adventure to passionate romance, the tales serve not only as a summation of the sensibility of the Middle Ages but as a representation of the drama of the human condition. Ackroyd’s contemporary prose emphasizes the humanity of these characters—as well as explicitly rendering the naughty good humor of the writer whose comedy influenced Fielding and Dickens—yet still masterfully evokes the euphonies and harmonies of Chaucer’s verse. This retelling is sure to delight modern readers and bring a new appreciation to those already familiar with the classic tales. @AprilFools Oh and the Wyfe of Bathe. Talk about a woman who likes to be perced to the roote. From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less
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Detalles
- Librería
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 063331
- Título
- The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling
- Autor
- Ackroyd, Peter
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fair
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670021229
- ISBN 13
- 9780670021222
- Editorial
- Viking
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2009
- Páginas
- 464
- Palabras clave
- Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales Medieval Literature Poetry
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Callaghan Books South
Miembro de Biblio desde 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
Sobre Callaghan Books South
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