The Canterbury Tales

出版者:Wordsworth Editions Ltd

作者:Geoffrey Chaucer

页数:768

出版时间:2002-5-22

价格:48.00元

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9781840225365

图书标签:GeoffreyChaucer英国文学英文原著英文原版英国外国文学英文西方文学

Book Description

This work tells the story of 30 pilgrims who meet by chance at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, London, and journey together to the shrine of St Thomas Becket in Canterbury cathedral. To pass the time along the way, they tell stories to one another, shot through with cunning wit and dry humour.

About this book: Geoffey Chaucer (c.1340-1400) was one of the finest storytellers in the English language, as well as being a great poet and an accomplished prose writer. The Canterbury Tales, although incomplete at the time of Chaucer's death, is generally regarded as his greatest work. The Canterbury Tales tells the story of 30 pilgrims who meet by chance at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, London and journey together to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket in Canterbury cathedral. To pass the time along the way, they tell stories to one another. The Tales themselves range from the exemplary saints' lives told by the nuns, to the bawdy, comic tales of the miller and the reeve, always shot through with Chaucer's cunning wit and dry humour. Chaucer leaves his readers with the impression that the whole of medieval society has passed before their eyes. This new transcription and edition is taken from British Library MS Harley 7334, a beautifully decorated, volume produced within ten years of Chaucer's death. The aim of the present edition, with its 'on-page' notes and glosses, is to enable readers with little or no previous experience of medieval English to read and enjoy this landmark in English Literature.

Book Dimension :

length: (cm)19.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.6

读后感

《坎特伯雷故事》全书由二十四个故事与一个总引构成，巴斯妇所讲述的故事格外引人注意，这位结过五次婚的女人一边驳斥要妇女守贞的清规戒律，一边在故事中抛出一个惹人好奇的问题：“女人最大的欲望是什么？”问题的起因来自亚瑟王宫中一位武士，他凭白玷污了一位姑娘而染上罪...  

Look for the young and adventurous, the rational and conscientious, whose eager mind hunger for the devouring of all but the true others; Search for the experienced seniority, the bitter sweet and cynical, whose strong fingers cut through and caressed ...  

语言课和阅读课都在研究这本书，读完了绝大部分的故事，并且依照旧例，当堂背诵general prologue开头十八行。还蛮喜欢这本书的，故事趣味性强，除个别故事如knight's tale外都不算长，很多同学直接读middle english，实在hold不住，还是选了这个译本读的现代英语。因为是诗歌体...  

在杰弗里•乔叟之前，大致有这几种讲故事的形式。 荷马，最早的诗歌之王，吟游的诗人。当他开始歌颂人和神袛的战斗时，总要先对缪斯女神祈求灵感。他的史诗，描述与命运抗争的人类，歌颂波澜壮阔的战争。 当时能跟荷马媲美的，我想只有俄尔浦斯这个希腊传说中的人物。他是一...  

作者简介：(英)杰弗里·乔叟(Geoffrey Chaucer)，1343年-1400年。出生于伦敦一个富裕的商人家庭，受过大学教育，熟悉法语和意大利语。1357年开始出入宫廷，后常出访欧洲，在意大利接触到了但丁、薄伽丘等人的作品．这影响了他后来的文学创作。乔叟于1400年在伦敦去世，葬在威斯...  

用户评价

坎特伯雷故事

Providing a panoramic picture of his time through describing the characters of all strata.

写得还是不错的，但中古英语读得蛋疼啊....五个多小时看了两个tales和intro，眼睛都瞎了

High school senior year compulsory reading.

High school senior year compulsory reading.