Titre :	The canterbury tales
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Geoffrey Chaucer, Auteur
Editeur :	Penguin books
Année de publication :	1996
Collection :	penguin popular classics
Importance :	342p
Format :	11*18cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-14-062207-2
Note générale :	glossary
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés :	The canterbury tales
Résumé :	The Canterbury Tales, compiled in the late fourteenth century, is an incisive portrait, infused with Chaucer's wry wit and vibrant, poetical languauge. He evokes a spectrum of colourful characters, from the bawdy Wife of Bath to the gallant Knight, the fastidious Prioress and the burly, drunken Miller. As they wend their way from Southwark to Canterbury, tales are told to pass the time, and the stories are as diverse as the narrators, encompassing themes such as adultery, revenge, courtly love, lechery, avarice and penitence. As humorous today as when it was written over six centuries ago, The Canterbury Tales remains one of the most popular and enjoyable of the classic works of literature.

The canterbury tales [texte imprimé] / Geoffrey Chaucer, Auteur . - [S.l.] : Penguin books, 1996 . - 342p ; 11*18cm. - (penguin popular classics) .
ISBN : 978-0-14-062207-2
glossary
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Mots-clés :

The canterbury tales

Résumé :

The Canterbury Tales, compiled in the late fourteenth century, is an incisive portrait, infused with Chaucer's wry wit and vibrant, poetical languauge. He evokes a spectrum of colourful characters, from the bawdy Wife of Bath to the gallant Knight, the fastidious Prioress and the burly, drunken Miller. As they wend their way from Southwark to Canterbury, tales are told to pass the time, and the stories are as diverse as the narrators, encompassing themes such as adultery, revenge, courtly love, lechery, avarice and penitence. As humorous today as when it was written over six centuries ago, The Canterbury Tales remains one of the most popular and enjoyable of the classic works of literature.